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PyKota - Print Quotas for CUPS

(c) 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Jerome Alet <alet@librelogiciel.com>
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This directory contains some screenshots of direct access to PyKota's
database through OpenOffice.org, as well as a sample report in both
PDF and OpenOffice.org's sxc format.

The sample report is a Jobs per User diagram, created from a
simple SQL query to PyKota's database from within OpenOffice.org

Since it works but I don't know OpenOffice enough to do something
really nice with it, I've added these screenshots and here's a small
howto below. For people interested in a more complete howto, please
see : http://kandalaya.org/download/oo-pgsql.html

PyKota + PostgreSQL + OpenOffice.org HowTO :
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        - Install and configure :

          godbcconfig
          gtkodbcconfig0
          iodbc
          libiodbc2
          odbc-postgresql
          odbcinst1
          unixodbc

        - Within gODBCConfig, add the PostgreSQL driver by
          filling the Configure Driver form :

                   Name : PostgreSQL
            Description : PostgreSQL
                 Driver : /usr/lib/postgresql/psqlodbc.so
                  Setup : /usr/lib/odbc/libodbcpsqlS.so
              FileUsage : 1

          See gODBCConfig1.png

          Then create a system DSN (only the more important fields
          are listed below) :

                   DSN : PyKota
           Description : PostgreSQL access to PyKota
                Driver : PostgreSQL
              Database : pykota
            Servername : your.postgresql.server.here
              Username : pykotauser
              Password : pykotauser's password
                  Port : 5432

          See gODBCConfig2.png

        - Then in OpenOffice.org add a new data source, selecting
          ODBC in the Database Type field. By clicking on the URL
          field's continuation dots, the PyKota DSN should appear.
          Just select it and you're done.

          See ooo1.png

        - You can now create your own queries to the PyKota database,
          and create any report you want.

          See ooo2.png

        - When you've got something nice, please contribute it back
          so we can learn from your experience.

WARNING :

        The above procedure doesn't work if you use the OpenLDAP backend
        to store PyKota's datas. A similar procedure is probably possible
        but last time I checked, the LDAP attributes accessible from
        OpenOffice.org were limited to what one usually finds in
        address books, unfortunately.

Windows Users :

        You'll find information on how to use the PostgreSQL ODBC
        driver with OpenOffice.org for Windows at :

        en: http://www.openoffice.org/nonav/issues/showattachment.cgi/3481/postgresql.sxw
        de: http://de.openoffice.org/doc/howto/datenquelle/tech_pgsql.html
        es: http://es.openoffice.org/files/documents/73/799/pgsql-win.sxw

        Thanks to Johannes L�ermann for this information.
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