Re: Performance of ODBC vs. other access methods

I agree totally, but it's all about tuning the SQL.  Actually I like and 
use Crystal.  In fact we have a product called "Crystal Integrator" for 
scheduling Crystal Reports. 

I was just using this as an example when trying to get Dave to provide 
more detail on what he was trying to do. 

Thanks for the tweak :-)

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message: 8
date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 09:26:04 -0700
from: "Bill" <brobins3d@xxxxxxxxx>
subject: Re: Performance of ODBC vs. other access methods

richard@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

If you were asking about using iSeries ODBC from Crystal Reports to
access DB2 I would tell you not to do it because it's butt-slow.

Wow do I disagree with this!  As with most any subject CR -can- be slow, 
but sometimes all it takes is an intelligent review of the generated SQL 
versus a review of the indexes and data involved and miraculous results 
can 
be achieved.  I have personally made changes to reports that were 15 
minute 
run times that are now less than 15 seconds.

Bill