Is there a simple (possibly free) way to generate charts (including Pie) out of Oracle SQL queries. Preferably generated as an image file.
I came across Oracle Chart Builder, but it doesn’t seem quite what I want.
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Is there a simple (possibly free) way to generate charts (including Pie) out of Oracle SQL queries. Preferably generated as an image file.
I came across Oracle Chart Builder, but it doesn’t seem quite what I want.
I’d probably start with Google Charts. There’s a demo here pulling database data into a chart.
One question is where do you want your image file to go.
Option 1. On to the database server.
You can actually call the URL through the UTL_HTTP package, pull down the raw data and store it in the database as a BLOB or write it to a file with UTL_FILE
Option 2. Into a browser client.
This is where you’d need some gateway between the database server and the browser. 10g/11g has an HTTP server embedded in the database which can be used (eg by a product like Apex). The apex listener is another way to get data out in a format that is easily processed.
An intermediate product, like jasperreports, might also be appropriate. It’s a more formal ‘enterprisey’ approach to database reporting.
Or you can go old-school and have pie-charts in ol’ SQL Plus