In response to Paul, management has given the direction to convert from
NGS-IQ to reporting services. Another application is not in the
picture. Looking at the price for Sequel, it certainly is not in the
picture.
In response to John, thanks for the info on the Date Function & can I
use the .Net provider within Reporting Services (BIDS)?
If so, where & how, or maybe provide a link to some info that I could
read & I definitely would appreciate the info.
Thanks.
James Salter
Systems Programmer
American Cast Iron Pipe Company
phone (205) 325-3033
fax (205) 307-3833
from: "Paul Nelson" <nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: RE: ODBC Parameter Passing for Reporting Services
Have you looked at SEQUEL from HelpSystems? Piece of cake, without the
overhead of ODBC
Paul Nelson
Office 512-392-2577
Cell 708-670-6978
nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
from: "John Taylor" <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: RE: ODBC Parameter Passing for Reporting Services
-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-
bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Salter, James
I am running into some problems trying to create parameters for
Reporting Services.
My SQL statement looks something like this - select ... from ....
where
item = ?
This does create a Parameter called Parameter1, however how do you
code
it to get all possible values for all items?
I can use the "LIKE %" syntax, however this does not really give me
the
chance to enter and retrieve an exact value.
I don't understand what you are trying to do. Are you trying to create a
drop-down list parameter of all possible values, or are you trying to
create
a parameter that allows a specific item number or blanks for "all"
products?
Not surprisingly, Microsoft really doesn't support ODBC as well as
they
should.
Why aren't you using the IBM .NET provider?
Also, if you have any tricks for converting the DateTime parameter to
MMDDYY or CCYYMMDD formats, feel free to include these as well.
Don't convert DateTime to match the database column. Do it the other way
around. You can use the SQL DATE() function to convert your CCYYMMDD
field
to a true date field that will allow a direct comparison against
DateTime.
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