SQR / Hyperion SQR Production Reporting

Many (many) years ago I used a report writer product called SQR, which in
those days was owned and marketed by IBM (I think). It was a really neat
piece of kit, enabling one to integrate the non-procedural elements of SQL
within a true procedural language. It was marketed as a report writer, but
in fact that was selling it drastically short of its true abilities.

I have been looking around for a scripting language for a certain task I
want to run with Oracle, but nothing came to mind. SQL and PL/SQL won't hack
it (sic!) on their own. Perl etc probably would, but for me that is a whole
new learning process. Then I remembered SQR. A little research reveals that
the product is now owned by Oracle Corporation! Given all the acquisitions
Mr Ellison has been performing, perhaps I shouldn't have been surprised...

Whatever, it is now known as Hyperion SQR Production Reporting.

Can anyone advise how I can get hold of this product, without having to take
the whole Hyperion suite on board? The obvious searches have not helped so
far. Presumably as an Oracle product it must be available for trial download
somewhere.

Thanks,

Peter
Edinburgh.

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