Need Reporting Capability

I am using ASP and I need the ability to make several dozen reports. I get the feeling that trying to produce somewhat attractive-looking reports in HTML and ASP code would not only be hair-splitting, but quite possibly could be impossible as well.

Does anyone know of any software/tool/package that would be compatible with ASP and allow me to retrieve reports from data that is stored in a database and called in the ASP page???

why not try the "manual" way...

get the records..
format them the way u want..
display...
then save it...

Ok, i've got a follow on to this.

I dont mind doing it the 'hard' way ;-) by putting in asp commands left right n center..

However, is there any kind of graphics capability with asp - producing bar chars, pie charts, scatter plots n such?

i'not too sure...

but i dont think so....
ASP is not as smart as we all think it is...
;p

Is there some method of getting reporting functionality into asp then, since isnt that what its all about...really?

i dont really know...

but "theoratically"... if u can write the base64 coding and save it as a picture extension, u "should" be able to "write" a picture....

the base64 is the glarbed text u see when u open a picture file in notepad....

anyways.. i'm no expert really... so i cant tell u whether it can be or cannot be done....

just hope all this helps...

You'd think it'd be easier than that...

Hmm..... I guess the answer is no then? There isn't some package or something you can purchase to write reports based on asp pages?? I am looking into asp report wizard, but I don't think it has enough flexibility. Oh well, at least it's a place to start right??

Thanks for all your input!

watch this space.

I found a report somewhere about integrating Excel into the asp page so that it operates like a spreadsheet would (calculations etc).

However, this doesnt help my quest unless it does graphs (which I very much doubt).

In terms of graphs n add-ins..perhaps...some where..in a distant galaxy..far far away...