Need suggestion for reports software

Hi,

We have Visual Studio 2005 , Crystal Reports, SQL Server 2005 Express Edition.

our Manager asked about the best and easiest reporting software other than Crystal Reports.

I didn't work with reports. Please assist me, if any one have idea.

Thanks in advance

Regards

Jyothi

I have worked with crystal reports and Sql Server Reporting Services and SSRS for all its problems, beats crystal and not just on price. The points with SSRS to watch are:

Choose the right style at the outset as difficult to change afterwards.|||

I tried Crystal it is expensive but has a lot of predefined functions that SSRS doesn't. But I elected to you SSRS I like it better it is easy to use and very flexible. I just wish it would conform to the same formats as excel. I found out you can not have over 160 in in viewable colum space width. Excel allows 256...

|||

Hello,

I'm currently working on SQL Reports and found out that they are better than Crystal and DEV express reports. I'm implementing a localisation functionality with ASP.net and they are very flexible.

Here are the key features.

1- Easy to integrate with ASP.net site

2- Build custom assembly and use it in your report or use VB for embeded coding.

3- Free of cost with SQL Express.

4- Plenty of support/samples and knowledge base.

5- Free of cost report designer (Business IntelligenceProject)

Thanks,

Farooq

|||

Check these links to see the features of reporting services

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms159273.aspx

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/2005/2005ssrs.mspx

Check this post for a good discussion on Crystal Reports .NEt vs. SSRS :

http://asp.net/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?tabindex=1&PostID=720164

Need some knowledge about indexes

Hi
I need to get my knowledge about indexes expanded a little bit...
What's the best/easiest way to view Indexes and their definition in SQL
server. I can look in sysindexes, but as I see it it only shows me the
different indexes by name, but not so much about the definition etc. (or
maybe I just don't know what to look for). I can also use sp_helpindex, but
that only shows me very little as well. I know I can look up the difinition
in EM, but that's a bit cumbersome to click through all tables to see it.
Reason for asking is that I have 2 almost identical databases, where on one
of them there's a number of indexes defined. These Indexes I'd like to
create in the second database as well.
Best Regards
Steen PerssonSteen
Run this script in QA on source database .
SELECT s1.name, s2.name,
INDEX_COL( s1.name, s2.indid, 1 ),
CASE INDEXPROPERTY( s1.id, s2.name, 'IsClustered' )
WHEN 1 THEN 'Clustered'
ELSE 'Non-clustered'
END
FROM sysobjects s1
INNER JOIN sysindexes s2
ON s1.id = s2.id
WHERE s1.xtype = 'U'
AND s2.indid > 0 AND s2.indid < 255
AND s2.name not like '_WA_Sys%'
"Steen Persson" <SPE@.REMOVEdatea.dk> wrote in message
news:uqbvCcTeEHA.720@.TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Hi
> I need to get my knowledge about indexes expanded a little bit...
> What's the best/easiest way to view Indexes and their definition in SQL
> server. I can look in sysindexes, but as I see it it only shows me the
> different indexes by name, but not so much about the definition etc. (or
> maybe I just don't know what to look for). I can also use sp_helpindex,
but
> that only shows me very little as well. I know I can look up the
difinition
> in EM, but that's a bit cumbersome to click through all tables to see it.
> Reason for asking is that I have 2 almost identical databases, where on
one
> of them there's a number of indexes defined. These Indexes I'd like to
> create in the second database as well.
> Best Regards
> Steen Persson
>|||Hi,
You could join the below system tables to get all the details of Indexes:-
sysindexes (name and indid columns)
sysindexkeys (object_id,colid)
syscolumns (colid,name)
Note:-
Querying the system tables might not be a good option... But for your query
I could see only this solution
Thanks
Hari
MCDBA
"Steen Persson" <SPE@.REMOVEdatea.dk> wrote in message
news:uqbvCcTeEHA.720@.TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Hi
> I need to get my knowledge about indexes expanded a little bit...
> What's the best/easiest way to view Indexes and their definition in SQL
> server. I can look in sysindexes, but as I see it it only shows me the
> different indexes by name, but not so much about the definition etc. (or
> maybe I just don't know what to look for). I can also use sp_helpindex,
but
> that only shows me very little as well. I know I can look up the
difinition
> in EM, but that's a bit cumbersome to click through all tables to see it.
> Reason for asking is that I have 2 almost identical databases, where on
one
> of them there's a number of indexes defined. These Indexes I'd like to
> create in the second database as well.
> Best Regards
> Steen Persson
>|||Great...that helps a lot...
Regards
Steen
Uri Dimant wrote:[vbcol=seagreen]
> Steen
> Run this script in QA on source database .
> SELECT s1.name, s2.name,
> INDEX_COL( s1.name, s2.indid, 1 ),
> CASE INDEXPROPERTY( s1.id, s2.name, 'IsClustered' )
> WHEN 1 THEN 'Clustered'
> ELSE 'Non-clustered'
> END
> FROM sysobjects s1
> INNER JOIN sysindexes s2
> ON s1.id = s2.id
> WHERE s1.xtype = 'U'
> AND s2.indid > 0 AND s2.indid < 255
> AND s2.name not like '_WA_Sys%'
>
> "Steen Persson" <SPE@.REMOVEdatea.dk> wrote in message
> news:uqbvCcTeEHA.720@.TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

Need some knowledge about indexes

Hi
I need to get my knowledge about indexes expanded a little bit...
What's the best/easiest way to view Indexes and their definition in SQL
server. I can look in sysindexes, but as I see it it only shows me the
different indexes by name, but not so much about the definition etc. (or
maybe I just don't know what to look for). I can also use sp_helpindex, but
that only shows me very little as well. I know I can look up the difinition
in EM, but that's a bit cumbersome to click through all tables to see it.
Reason for asking is that I have 2 almost identical databases, where on one
of them there's a number of indexes defined. These Indexes I'd like to
create in the second database as well.
Best Regards
Steen PerssonSteen
Run this script in QA on source database .
SELECT s1.name, s2.name,
INDEX_COL( s1.name, s2.indid, 1 ),
CASE INDEXPROPERTY( s1.id, s2.name, 'IsClustered' )
WHEN 1 THEN 'Clustered'
ELSE 'Non-clustered'
END
FROM sysobjects s1
INNER JOIN sysindexes s2
ON s1.id = s2.id
WHERE s1.xtype = 'U'
AND s2.indid > 0 AND s2.indid < 255
AND s2.name not like '_WA_Sys%'
"Steen Persson" <SPE@.REMOVEdatea.dk> wrote in message
news:uqbvCcTeEHA.720@.TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Hi
> I need to get my knowledge about indexes expanded a little bit...
> What's the best/easiest way to view Indexes and their definition in SQL
> server. I can look in sysindexes, but as I see it it only shows me the
> different indexes by name, but not so much about the definition etc. (or
> maybe I just don't know what to look for). I can also use sp_helpindex,
but
> that only shows me very little as well. I know I can look up the
difinition
> in EM, but that's a bit cumbersome to click through all tables to see it.
> Reason for asking is that I have 2 almost identical databases, where on
one
> of them there's a number of indexes defined. These Indexes I'd like to
> create in the second database as well.
> Best Regards
> Steen Persson
>|||Hi,
You could join the below system tables to get all the details of Indexes:-
sysindexes (name and indid columns)
sysindexkeys (object_id,colid)
syscolumns (colid,name)
Note:-
Querying the system tables might not be a good option... But for your query
I could see only this solution
Thanks
Hari
MCDBA
"Steen Persson" <SPE@.REMOVEdatea.dk> wrote in message
news:uqbvCcTeEHA.720@.TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Hi
> I need to get my knowledge about indexes expanded a little bit...
> What's the best/easiest way to view Indexes and their definition in SQL
> server. I can look in sysindexes, but as I see it it only shows me the
> different indexes by name, but not so much about the definition etc. (or
> maybe I just don't know what to look for). I can also use sp_helpindex,
but
> that only shows me very little as well. I know I can look up the
difinition
> in EM, but that's a bit cumbersome to click through all tables to see it.
> Reason for asking is that I have 2 almost identical databases, where on
one
> of them there's a number of indexes defined. These Indexes I'd like to
> create in the second database as well.
> Best Regards
> Steen Persson
>|||Great...that helps a lot...
Regards
Steen
Uri Dimant wrote:
> Steen
> Run this script in QA on source database .
> SELECT s1.name, s2.name,
> INDEX_COL( s1.name, s2.indid, 1 ),
> CASE INDEXPROPERTY( s1.id, s2.name, 'IsClustered' )
> WHEN 1 THEN 'Clustered'
> ELSE 'Non-clustered'
> END
> FROM sysobjects s1
> INNER JOIN sysindexes s2
> ON s1.id = s2.id
> WHERE s1.xtype = 'U'
> AND s2.indid > 0 AND s2.indid < 255
> AND s2.name not like '_WA_Sys%'
>
> "Steen Persson" <SPE@.REMOVEdatea.dk> wrote in message
> news:uqbvCcTeEHA.720@.TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> Hi
>> I need to get my knowledge about indexes expanded a little bit...
>> What's the best/easiest way to view Indexes and their definition in
>> SQL server. I can look in sysindexes, but as I see it it only shows
>> me the different indexes by name, but not so much about the
>> definition etc. (or maybe I just don't know what to look for). I can
>> also use sp_helpindex, but that only shows me very little as well. I
>> know I can look up the difinition in EM, but that's a bit cumbersome
>> to click through all tables to see it. Reason for asking is that I
>> have 2 almost identical databases, where on one of them there's a
>> number of indexes defined. These Indexes I'd like to create in the
>> second database as well.
>> Best Regards
>> Steen Persson

Need some knowledge about indexes

Hi
I need to get my knowledge about indexes expanded a little bit...
What's the best/easiest way to view Indexes and their definition in SQL
server. I can look in sysindexes, but as I see it it only shows me the
different indexes by name, but not so much about the definition etc. (or
maybe I just don't know what to look for). I can also use sp_helpindex, but
that only shows me very little as well. I know I can look up the difinition
in EM, but that's a bit cumbersome to click through all tables to see it.
Reason for asking is that I have 2 almost identical databases, where on one
of them there's a number of indexes defined. These Indexes I'd like to
create in the second database as well.
Best Regards
Steen Persson
Steen
Run this script in QA on source database .
SELECT s1.name, s2.name,
INDEX_COL( s1.name, s2.indid, 1 ),
CASE INDEXPROPERTY( s1.id, s2.name, 'IsClustered' )
WHEN 1 THEN 'Clustered'
ELSE 'Non-clustered'
END
FROM sysobjects s1
INNER JOIN sysindexes s2
ON s1.id = s2.id
WHERE s1.xtype = 'U'
AND s2.indid > 0 AND s2.indid < 255
AND s2.name not like '_WA_Sys%'
"Steen Persson" <SPE@.REMOVEdatea.dk> wrote in message
news:uqbvCcTeEHA.720@.TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Hi
> I need to get my knowledge about indexes expanded a little bit...
> What's the best/easiest way to view Indexes and their definition in SQL
> server. I can look in sysindexes, but as I see it it only shows me the
> different indexes by name, but not so much about the definition etc. (or
> maybe I just don't know what to look for). I can also use sp_helpindex,
but
> that only shows me very little as well. I know I can look up the
difinition
> in EM, but that's a bit cumbersome to click through all tables to see it.
> Reason for asking is that I have 2 almost identical databases, where on
one
> of them there's a number of indexes defined. These Indexes I'd like to
> create in the second database as well.
> Best Regards
> Steen Persson
>
|||Hi,
You could join the below system tables to get all the details of Indexes:-
sysindexes (name and indid columns)
sysindexkeys (object_id,colid)
syscolumns (colid,name)
Note:-
Querying the system tables might not be a good option... But for your query
I could see only this solution
Thanks
Hari
MCDBA
"Steen Persson" <SPE@.REMOVEdatea.dk> wrote in message
news:uqbvCcTeEHA.720@.TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Hi
> I need to get my knowledge about indexes expanded a little bit...
> What's the best/easiest way to view Indexes and their definition in SQL
> server. I can look in sysindexes, but as I see it it only shows me the
> different indexes by name, but not so much about the definition etc. (or
> maybe I just don't know what to look for). I can also use sp_helpindex,
but
> that only shows me very little as well. I know I can look up the
difinition
> in EM, but that's a bit cumbersome to click through all tables to see it.
> Reason for asking is that I have 2 almost identical databases, where on
one
> of them there's a number of indexes defined. These Indexes I'd like to
> create in the second database as well.
> Best Regards
> Steen Persson
>
|||Great...that helps a lot...
Regards
Steen
Uri Dimant wrote:[vbcol=seagreen]
> Steen
> Run this script in QA on source database .
> SELECT s1.name, s2.name,
> INDEX_COL( s1.name, s2.indid, 1 ),
> CASE INDEXPROPERTY( s1.id, s2.name, 'IsClustered' )
> WHEN 1 THEN 'Clustered'
> ELSE 'Non-clustered'
> END
> FROM sysobjects s1
> INNER JOIN sysindexes s2
> ON s1.id = s2.id
> WHERE s1.xtype = 'U'
> AND s2.indid > 0 AND s2.indid < 255
> AND s2.name not like '_WA_Sys%'
>
> "Steen Persson" <SPE@.REMOVEdatea.dk> wrote in message
> news:uqbvCcTeEHA.720@.TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...