This article explains how to create a a stored procedure that will in turn create a simple column based report in PDF without using any external tools or libraries (and their associated licensing costs!).
SQL2PDF makes a PDF report from text inserted in the table psopdf ( nvarchar(80) ). First a table named psopdf should be created.
CREATE TABLE psopdf (code NVARCHAR(80))
After that create the stored procedure SQL2PDF.
SQL2PDF.TXT
And table psopdf has to be filled with your data as shown in examples below.
At the end the stored procedure is called using the file name only (not extension).
EXEC sql2pdf 'fileName'
The result is in your C:\ directory.
EXAMPLE 1:
INSERT psopdf(code) SELECT SPACE(60) + 'COMPANY LTD'
INSERT psopdf(code) SELECT SPACE(60) + 'COMPANY ADDRESS'
INSERT psopdf(code) SELECT SPACE(60) + 'STREET NAME & No'
INSERT psopdf(code) SELECT ' '
INSERT psopdf(code) SELECT SPACE(34) + 'BILL OF SALE'
INSERT psopdf(code) SELECT ' '
INSERT psopdf(code) SELECT 'Product' + SPACE(10) + 'Quantity'
+ SPACE(10) + 'Price' + SPACE(10) + 'Total'
INSERT psopdf(code) SELECT REPLACE(SPACE(56), ' ', '_')
INSERT psopdf(code) SELECT 'Product1' + SPACE(9) + '10.00 '
+ SPACE(10) + '52.30' + SPACE(10) + '5230.0'
INSERT psopdf(code) SELECT 'Product2' + SPACE(9) + '2.00 '
+ SPACE(10) + '10.00' + SPACE(10) + ' 20.0'
INSERT psopdf(code) SELECT REPLACE(SPACE(56), ' ', '_')
INSERT psopdf(code) SELECT SPACE(50) + '5250.0'
After INSERT call the stored procedure with file name demo2.
EXEC sql2pdf 'demo2'
The result is in your C:\ directory.
EXAMPLE 2:
Second example uses a database pubs.
USE pubs
INSERT psopdf(code) SELECT t1.au_lname + ' ' + t1.au_fname + ' ' + t1.phone
+
' ' + t1.address + ' ' + t1.city + ' ' + t1.state + ' ' + t1.zip FROM
authors t1, authors t2
After INSERT call the stored procedure with file name demo1.
EXEC sql2pdf 'demo1'
The result is in your C:\ directory.
sql2pdf.txt
-- DROP PROCEDURE sql2pdf
CREATE PROCEDURE sql2pdf
@filename VARCHAR(100)
AS
CREATE TABLE #pdf (idnumber INT IDENTITY(1,1)
,code NVARCHAR(200))
CREATE TABLE #xref (idnumber INT IDENTITY(1,1)
,code VARCHAR(30))
CREATE TABLE #text (idnumber INT IDENTITY(1,1)
,code VARCHAR(200))
DECLARE @end VARCHAR(7),
@beg
VARCHAR(7),
@a1
VARCHAR(3),
@a2
VARCHAR(3),
@ad
VARCHAR(5),
@cr
VARCHAR(8),
@pr
VARCHAR(9),
@ti
VARCHAR(6),
@xstr
VARCHAR(10),
@page
VARCHAR(8000),
VARCHAR(100),
@trenutniRed NVARCHAR(200),
@rows
INT,
@ofset
INT,
@len
INT,
@nopg
INT,
@fs INT,
@ole
INT,
@x INT,
@file
INT,
@object INT
SELECT @pdf = 'C:\' + @filename + '.pdf'
SET @page = ''
SET @nopg = 0
SET @object = 6
SET @end = 'endobj'
SET @beg = ' 0 obj'
SET @a1 = '
SET @a2 = ''
SET @ad = ' 0 R'
SET @cr = CHAR(67) + CHAR(114) + CHAR (101) + CHAR(97) + CHAR(116) + CHAR (111) + CHAR(114)
SET @pr = CHAR(80) + CHAR(114) + CHAR (111) + CHAR(100) + CHAR(117) + CHAR (99 ) + CHAR(101) + CHAR(114)
SET @ti = CHAR(84) + CHAR(105) + CHAR (116) + CHAR(108) + CHAR(101)
SET @xstr = ' 00000 n'
SET @ofset = 396
INSERT INTO #xref(code) VALUES ('xref')
INSERT INTO #xref(code) VALUES ('0 10')
INSERT INTO #xref(code) VALUES ('0000000000 65535 f')
INSERT INTO #xref(code) VALUES ('0000000017' + @xstr)
INSERT INTO #xref(code) VALUES ('0000000790' + @xstr)
INSERT INTO #xref(code) VALUES ('0000000869' + @xstr)
INSERT INTO #xref(code) VALUES ('0000000144' + @xstr)
INSERT INTO #xref(code) VALUES ('0000000247' + @xstr)
INSERT INTO #xref(code) VALUES ('0000000321' + @xstr)
INSERT INTO #xref(code) VALUES ('0000000396' + @xstr)
INSERT INTO #pdf (code) VALUES ('%' + CHAR(80) + CHAR(68) + CHAR (70) + '-1.2')
INSERT INTO #pdf (code) VALUES ('%佑佑')
INSERT INTO #pdf (code) VALUES ('1' + @beg)
INSERT INTO #pdf (code) VALUES (@a1)
INSERT INTO #pdf (code) VALUES ('/' + @cr + ' (Ivica Masar ' + CHAR(80) + CHAR(83) + CHAR (79) + CHAR(80) + CHAR(68) + CHAR (70) + ')')
INSERT INTO #pdf (code) VALUES ('/' + @pr + ' (stored procedure for ms sql
pso@vip.hr)')
INSERT INTO #pdf (code) VALUES ('/' + @ti + ' (SQL2' + CHAR(80) + CHAR(68) + CHAR (70) + ')')
INSERT INTO #pdf (code) VALUES (@a2)
INSERT INTO #pdf (code) VALUES (@end)
INSERT INTO #pdf (code) VALUES ('4' + @beg)
INSERT INTO #pdf (code) VALUES (@a1)
INSERT INTO #pdf (code) VALUES ('/Type /Font')
INSERT INTO #pdf (code) VALUES ('/Subtype /Type1')
INSERT INTO #pdf (code) VALUES ('/Name /F1')
INSERT INTO #pdf (code) VALUES ('/Encoding 5' + @ad)
INSERT INTO #pdf (code) VALUES ('/BaseFont /Courier')
INSERT INTO #pdf (code) VALUES (@a2)
INSERT INTO #pdf (code) VALUES (@end)
INSERT INTO #pdf (code) VALUES ('5' + @beg)
INSERT INTO #pdf (code) VALUES (@a1)
INSERT INTO #pdf (code) VALUES ('/Type /Encoding')
INSERT INTO #pdf (code) VALUES ('/BaseEncoding /WinAnsiEncoding')
INSERT INTO #pdf (code) VALUES (@a2)
INSERT INTO #pdf (code) VALUES (@end)
INSERT INTO #pdf (code) VALUES ('6' + @beg)
INSERT INTO #pdf (code) VALUES (@a1)
INSERT INTO #pdf (code) VALUES ('
/Font ' + @a1 + ' /F1 4' + @ad + ' ' + @a2 + '
/ProcSet [ /' + CHAR(80) + CHAR(68) + CHAR (70) + ' /Text ]')
INSERT INTO #pdf (code) VALUES (@a2)
INSERT INTO #pdf (code) VALUES (@end)
INSERT INTO #text(code) (SELECT code FROM psopdf)
SELECT @x = COUNT(*) FROM #text
SELECT @x = (@x / 60) + 1
WHILE
@nopg
BEGIN
DECLARE SysKursor
INSENSITIVE SCROLL CURSOR
FOR SELECT SUBSTRING((code + SPACE(81)), 1, 80) FROM #text WHERE idnumber BETWEEN ((@nopg * 60) + 1) AND ((@nopg + 1) * 60 )
FOR READ ONLY
OPEN SysKursor
FETCH NEXT FROM SysKursor INTO @trenutniRed
SELECT @object = @object + 1
SELECT @page = @page +
' ' + CAST(@object AS VARCHAR) + @ad
SELECT @len = LEN(@object) + LEN(@object + 1)
INSERT INTO #pdf (code) VALUES (CAST(@object AS VARCHAR)
+ @beg)
INSERT INTO #pdf (code) VALUES (@a1)
INSERT INTO #pdf (code) VALUES ('/Type /Page')
INSERT INTO #pdf (code) VALUES ('/Parent 3' + @ad)
INSERT INTO #pdf (code) VALUES ('/Resources 6' + @ad)
SELECT @object = @object + 1
INSERT INTO #pdf (code) VALUES ('/Contents ' + CAST(@object AS VARCHAR) + @ad)
INSERT INTO #pdf (code) VALUES (@a2)
INSERT INTO #pdf (code) VALUES (@end)
SELECT @ofset = @len + 86 + @ofset
INSERT INTO #xref(code) (SELECT SUBSTRING('0000000000' + CAST(@ofset AS VARCHAR),
LEN('0000000000' + CAST(@ofset AS VARCHAR)) - 9,
LEN('0000000000' + CAST(@ofset AS VARCHAR))) + @xstr)
INSERT INTO #pdf (code) VALUES (CAST(@object AS VARCHAR)
+ @beg)
INSERT INTO #pdf (code) VALUES (@a1)
SELECT @object = @object + 1
INSERT INTO #pdf (code) VALUES ('/Length ' + CAST(@object AS VARCHAR) + @ad)
INSERT INTO #pdf (code) VALUES (@a2)
INSERT INTO #pdf (code) VALUES ('stream')
INSERT INTO #pdf (code) VALUES ('BT')
INSERT INTO #pdf (code) VALUES ('/F1 10