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Say you need to generate certificates of assitance to a course. You compose a LaTeX document and want to link it to a CSV or a database file, where the names of the assistants are stored. Is Latexdb an option for this? Are there other options for text files?

nightcod3r
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    There are several packages to work with CSV or database import, e.g. the datatool package. See also data-import on CTAN. – siracusa Nov 14 '19 at 09:40
  • Does one of the questions in the "Related" sidebar answer your question? For example this one: https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/89793/mail-merging-documents-from-a-database? – Fritz Nov 14 '19 at 09:43
  • @Fritz I'm missing some more information on how to link to databases. – nightcod3r Nov 14 '19 at 10:17
  • @nightcod3r - As always, it would be helpful if you could post some compilable code or at least flesh out your question a bit more to avoid wild guessing on what you want to do exactly... Anyway. You might want to try csvsimple – DG' Nov 14 '19 at 10:45
  • @nightcod3r In datatool package, there are also guidelines how to connect to database files. It heavily depends upon which type of file you want to connect - for .csv, you can use csv simple or datatool, for .xls datatool, for .xlsx or .accdb you will have to get a little further - I am using python and pythonTeX ; also with ruby it is possible. Also depends, how much data and which type you have. For example, reading long text from database (paragraphs) will require you to use outside program or script, to "crunch it" for datatool. Also, special characters are issue. – Tomáš Kruliš Nov 14 '19 at 10:46
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    @nightcod3r I am actually dealig with this, so you should post something more specific, for anybody to propose anything specific in return. – Tomáš Kruliš Nov 14 '19 at 10:49

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