Received: from u1.abs.net (root@u1.abs.net [207.114.0.131])
	by hub.org (8.9.2/8.9.1) with ESMTP id QAA68703
	for <pgsql-interfaces@postgreSQL.org>;
	Wed, 3 Mar 1999 16:50:22 -0500 (EST)
	(envelope-from byronn@insightdist.com)
Received: from insightdist.com (nobody@localhost)
	by u1.abs.net (8.9.0/8.9.0) with UUCP id QAA24258
	for pgsql-interfaces@postgreSQL.org;
	Wed, 3 Mar 1999 16:37:07 -0500 (EST)
X-Authentication-Warning: u1.abs.net: nobody set sender to
	insightdist.com!byronn using -f
Received: from ceodev by insightdist.com (AIX 3.2/UCB 5.64/4.03)
	id AA26811; Wed, 3 Mar 1999 16:16:38 -0500
Received: from byronn by ceodev (AIX 4.1/UCB 5.64/4.03)
	id AA28962; Wed, 3 Mar 1999 16:16:37 -0500
Message-Id: <36DDA692.A6374DA6@insightdist.com>
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 16:16:02 -0500
From: Byron Nikolaidis <byronn@insightdist.com>
X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; I)
Mime-Version: 1.0
To: Matthew Hagerty <matthew@venux.net>
Cc: pgsql-interfaces@postgreSQL.org
Subject: Re: [INTERFACES] Postgres to MS-Word? (Kind of off topic)
References: <4.1.19990303155928.0097d280@mail.venux.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit



Matthew Hagerty wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> Sorry, maybe a little off topic, but seems like an interface issue to me. :)
>
> My client has a database of customers.  My client also wants to be able to
> pull up a record on a client and sent a letter to that client.  The letter
> would be canned except for the header and greeting.  Does anyone know of a
> way to get field info into a word.doc file and print it from the same UN*X
> server running PostgreSQL?  Any one ever do something like this?
>

I think you can put odbc queries into word documents.  I'm not sure of the exact
details, but it seems like it would work.

Byron