If we have SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server Reporting Services already installed is it possible to design reports in VS.NET 2005 or is VS.NET 2005 tied to the SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services
Steve Miller
If we have SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server Reporting Services already installed is it possible to design reports in VS.NET 2005 or is VS.NET 2005 tied to the SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services
Steve Miller
SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services and VS.NET 2005
ssalter
Sort of.
When you create your SSRS 2000 report (with VS2003), you can then upload/deploy it directly to SSRS 2005, or open it with VS 2005.
If you upload/deploy it, the report will work, and you can even export it back OUT of SSRS 2005 as a SSRS 2000 report (I learned this only recenlty myself). If you open the report with VS 2005, the schema of the report is automatically upgraded to 2005, and it will only work inside SSRS 2005 and VS 2005.
I've started a list of questions and answers around this topic, which you can read here:
http://blogs.msdn.com/bimusings/archive/2005/12/13/503110.aspx
Steve Schmidt
Terrell Plotzki
So basically we could create our reports using VS.NET 2003 and SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services and consume them using VS.NET 2005 and .NET 2.0
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