Hi, Simple question really - Can I use Crystal Reports v8.5 to attach to databases in SQL Server Express and generate reports? I have done a lot of searches in these forums and using Google and I believe it is possible but if someone could confirm this it would help a lot - I'm in the specification stage of a project and would like to use SQL Sever Express for it.
Thanks
Pete Thompson, UK.
Hi,
i have a strange problem ..., with crystal reports for Visual Studio 2005.
With same report i have this problem.
i make an upgrade from MSDE to Express and with the same app i have this beaver
The report is faster with data insert with MSDE (5 to 10 sec)
The report is very slow with data insert with Express (1,30 min to 2:20 min)
The same app, the same server the same report ...
This is strange ...
Any ideas
I do not know where to post this strange problem.
I have a perfectly working application, accessing a SQL Express database, displaying data and images.
Now I am trying to add a Crystal Report. I add a new connection (OLE DB (ADO)) The connection points to my .MDF database. I drag the fields I want to print to the report, including an image. Now I click the Report Preview. I get a message saying "The database table "Table-Name" can not be found, Proceed to remove this table from the report?" Yes/No. I select NO, and the preview shows up correctly.
Happily I continue to execute the program in debug mode. At startup I get errors saying that login failed. To get around this error, I have to close down Visual Studio and then open it up again, running the program without touching the Crystal Report Design. Now the program starts up normaly without problems.
Now comes the real strange behavior. I click on my link to request the Crystal report and I get a request to login to the database. I try to login but nothing is accepted. I again close down Visual Studio and open up SQL Server Management Studio Express. I connect to SQL Express and expand "Databases" MY .MDF file is listed but the + sign in front of it is missing and I have to delete the database and attach it again to get it back.
Where is this problem occuring????? I have no idea. Please help.
Hello SQL Server Experts, Data Analysts, and Report Writers et al:
re: Reporting Options with SQL Server
I wanted to propose an offshoot to the pryor thread:
Would anyone take a stab at comparing Access Reports, Crystal Reports,
Cognos or other options to all the Reporting Services and its components offered as part ofSQL Server, especially as to extracting data from SQL Server into a report format?
I guess this is a far as capabilites, ease of use, limitations, and especially formatting
or presentation of the end report product?
Thank you to all, and I hope this is a beneficial discussion to others.
Hal1490
Hal9000
Hi,I'm semi-new to crystal reports & sql server and what i want is toextract data from a sql server file. I've been able to connect to sqlserver directly and get the info. i need but is there a way to just openthe data file (in crystal reports) without making a server connection?TIA
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View 4 Replies View RelatedI have been evaluating the Microsoft SQL Server Everywhere Edition and have been trying to create a Crystal Report from it. When creating the connection from Crystal I have selected the OLE DB provider supplied by Microsoft with the product and then been presented with the 'Data Source' screen. On entering the path to my .sdf file I get an error reading :-
Opening a database as read only requires a temp path to be specified. [,,,Db name,,]
Can you tell me what is required to be entered here?
Also - I only have the Express Edition of SQL Server 2005 which won't open an Anywhere Edition database - is there a way of getting the mobile tools for use on the desktop?
Hello everyone,
I need to create a Crystal Report based on a SQL Server database. However, life is never that easy…
The report needs data to be taken from the database, manipulated and reported upon. Doing this manipulation within CR will make the report take far too long to produce so I thought I would create a temporary table within SQL Server and manipulate that.
Cannot get Create Table permission!
Plan B is to use VB / ADO to extract the data (about 1 million rows) from SQL Server and write it to a local Access database that I can manipulate as much as I want. Crystal Reports can then report on the Access data.
Questions:
•Is this the best way to go?
•I know how to use ADO to connect to n Access database but how do I connect to a SQL Server database?
•I think I will need to write a single Select to build the SQL Server recordset but will I need to write each row individually, using a Do Unitl loop, to get the data into the Access recordset?
Many thanks in advance.
Regards,
Hywel
Hi All
I have a problem when trying to create reports using Crystal Reports and SQL Server Compact 3.5. The report displays the Column Headers but no information. Is there any good walk throughs for creating reports from SQL Server Compact 3.5 using Crystal Reports.
Thanks
John
Hello, this is my first time posting here.
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My issue is with converting multi-value parameters:
In Crystal Reports, you can set a parameter to accept multiple vales (Discrete, Range or Discrete and Range).
As an example:
I have a database table with a column called ID.
I can create a parameter called param_id and set the options of the parameter to "Allow multiple range values".
With this setup, I can limit the result set of the report by comparing the param_id parameter to the ID column in the database. Because param_id is a multi-value range parameter, I can pass it the following data:
1 - 50
60 - 80
150 - 127
This will only return results within those ranges.
Does anyone know if SSRS provides this kind of functionality?
Thanks,
Patrick Conway
We have more that 500 crystal reports and we would like to find out list of stored procedure used by crystal reports. Can we find out ?
View 4 Replies View RelatedHi All,
My application uses "crystal reports" control to integrate some reports that can be viewed from within the application.
I'm getting a login failed (due to bad password SQL State 8) error when I bring up the report from within the application. The report runs fine outside the application with the same username password.
- I've checked several times to make sure that I'm passing the correct username/password from the application.
- All letters in the password are lower case. There is not case-sensitive issue.
- I printed the username and password on a pop-up to see what values are passed , and they are correct.
- A single test page that uses the same version of "Crystal Reports" control , using the same username/password, brings up the same report works fine.
I guess , my question is:
Is there a way to trace the login failure event on the SQL Server side to see what is the value of the password that is being sent by crystal reports control?
I'm using Crystal Reports XI with sp2.
SQL Server 2005.
I appreciate the help.
Thanks,
Satish
I have a query that executes just fine except that it won't recognize varchar(255) ( or any other value within the () ) and if I leave it off like this: varchar, then it executes but it leaves that value as 1 and that is just not very useful for my purposes. This also happens with anything else that requires () to add length such as char(), or nvarchar(), etc... Any ideas?
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Thanks in advance..
Can any one tell me where can I find good online help for Crystal Reports for learning?
Thanks!
I am working on creating Crystal Reports from a SQL database.
In CR you can define a multiple range parameter i.e. 1-10, 100-200, 300-400 and Cr will filer records that satisfy this criteria.
How can I transfer this functionality using a stored procedure?
Hi,
I am new to crystal reports.
I need to change the database connection in the reports to different sql server database and use the same report layout.
Any help is appreciated.
I'm new to SQL but have quite happily been using Crystal Reports without it until now.
I am creating a letter template and it has the name at the top then the address
<name>
<address1>
<address2>
<address3>
<address4>
There is always an address 1, but maybe not a 3 or a 4, and aparently we dont want any line gaps to show, so I figured i should use an isnull to eliminate the line and to move the other address line up?
Not sure what to put though, any ideas?
Thanks in advance for any help :o)
THE TIME PORTION OF THE DATE/TIME IS NOT DISPLAYING IN CRYSTAL 8.5
IT SEES THE DATE...BUT NOT THE TIME
ANY SUGGESTIONS
Hi,
I have a question. How can i fill a report made in CrystalReports in .net
Thanks in advance
what are the good resources for crystal reports.
Also is it something which is difficult to work with ? Suggestion, experiences and notes please.
Hi,
I'm very new to SQL Server, I'm coming from an Oracle background.
I've set up a server with windows authentication but I'm having no luck connectiong to it with Crystal Reports XI.
Can anybody go through the basics with me?
Regards
Sean
I exported a column of type float to SQL Server using DTS. In Crystalreports, it 'sees' the column as a string! Is 'float' the best type touse? Must I create a formula field in CR to 'correct' for this?
View 3 Replies View RelatedI am just exploring options for setting up online databases to permit input by clients and output in the form of Crystal reports. Am I barking up the wrong tree or on the right track?
View 1 Replies View RelatedHi
Im new to reporting services but experianced in crystal reports
Im trying to convert some crystal reports into sql 2005 reporting services.
I have this formula in crystal reports which I cannot seem to replicate in Reporting services
if {TABLE1.TYPEID} = 1 then (0 - (
if {TABLE2.CURRENCYDESC} <> 'GBP' then {TABLE3.TOTALVALUE} / {TABLE4.EXCHANGERATE} else
({TABLE3.TOTALVALUE})-{@line total}))
else
if {TABLE2.CURRENCYDESC} <> 'GBP' then
{@Gross Profit} / {TABLE4.EXCHANGERATE} else {@Gross Profit}
I have already created the formulas for @line total and @gross profit
Can any one please put me into the right direction
Thanks for your help
Hello all ...
I want to know which would be the best for reporting in either of the above two. I am working on with SSRS but don't have any idea about crystal reports. So you all please suggest the best one would be for me espcially for web based reporting.
Regards,
Hi, all. Does Microsoft provide a document comparing SSRS against Crystal Reports? Thanks.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI showed my boss the functionality of ad hoc reporting in SRSS and he likes it. He asked me if we could completely move away from Crystal Reports (CR) to SRSS.
Does anyone have any issues with SRSS that didnt exist in CR.
One question i have is programmability capabilities. Some time back i had to make a very complex report in CR. I create a table in the dataset. Designed the report to pull data from that table and the table was being populated through some VB.NET code. So the users will open a GUI and hit RUN, which is when i will populate the table and show the report. You can assume that populating the table required complex programming and couldnt have been done through user defined functions in a report.
I dont suppose stuff like this can be done in SRSS?
Hello
i have a problem in crystal report, i want to dispaly data from MYSql data base to crystal report through my application
I have'nt work on crystall report before this
please help me.....
thanks in advance
Can anyone tell me if MS Reporting Services can import/read a Crystal Reports file as it can an Access report file?
I've seen a few posts out on other boards that there are some companies charging fees for converting Crystal Reports over to MS Reporting Services.
Is there any easier way? Are there any tools out there that can do it?
Perhaps Microsoft should produce such a tool for converting...
Thanks in advance for any help!!
All,
I have been tapped to help with fixing a reporting tool. We have a Sql Server database/crystal reports(10) setup. I havent had the chance to look at the tables in the DB yet, but I was told that aggregate tables were used. In my past experience with crystal reports, we used database views to feed crystal reports (in Oracle). I was thinking that I could somehow use views instead of tables and then try to re-index the base tables and compile satitics (if theres such a thing with Sql Server). I was also going to look into bottlenecking and locking (table locking as opposed to row or page locking for the lookup tables...to reduce overhead on the main tables) but, I'm not sure if it'll make a difference since this is just a demo server with no major traffic hitting it yet.
The question is, does anyone have any experience with crystal reports running slow with Sql Server, what should I look out for??
'Wale
Hi guys!
I am new in Crystal reports so please help me on this one.
I have to create a report that will bring back the TOP 20 customers per Sales Rep. My SQL stored procedure needs a parameter @SalesRep to execute. My stored procedure links between 2 tables. How do I get this stored procedure executed in Crysal Reports to give me results. The SP works fine.
THANKS!!