Excel if you have it. It can access most databases directly, and can be automated using OLE. About 1/2 our reports are made using excel. Once a day we run a

Excel if you have it. It can access most databases directly, and can be automated using OLE. About 1/2 our reports are made using excel. Once a day we run a batch process that opens the excel report, updates parameters as required, refreshes it and emails it out.