We are planning to create crystal reports on QC 10. I was wondering if there is any built-in support in QC 10 for crystal report. I will like to you know the best way to use crystal reporting in QC 10.
Is such thing possible or is there a recommended workaround to that?
Thanks for any help!
The examples I have seen use the ActiveX controls to connect things up. Since the data is all stored in a SQL Server instance, you could technically hit the DB directly (if you know the table structure). Here's a forum thread on the HP site dealing with exactly that kind of solution: http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/ITRC-Quality-Center-Forum/Connection-between-QC-and-Crystal-Reports/td-p/4627218
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Interested to know if anyone has had any experience with moving a VB6 application from SQL Server 2000 to a newer version of SQL Server.
There are VB6 legacy apps on a Windows 2000 Server
These VB6 apps connect to a SQL 2000 Database
We are looking to upgrade from SQL 2000 to SQL 2014
We are reporting with Crystal Reports
The VB6 apps have inline SQL within them
I'd like to understand what the possible implications could be?
Thanks
For one thing, there is no direct migration path from 2000 to 2014. This article (http://sqlmag.com/sql-server-2014/sql-select-steps-migrate-sql-server-2000-sql-server-2014) outlines some potential steps to take to perform the upgrade.
Things that may trip you up not mentioned in this article:
DTS no longer exists so if you have any DTS packages, it will be a project to upgrade/convert them all over to SQL Server Integration Serices (SSIS) packages.
If your VB6 app contains hard coded SQL statements, rather than just calling stored procedures, you could have minor syntax issues that would have to be rectified (so test EVERYTHING)
If you are also looking to migrate VB6 to .NET, there is an upgrade wizard out there somewhere, but it is HORRIBLE, so depending on the need, it may be faster to just re-write from scratch. If you are implying that the VB6 application would just connect to the migrated 2014 database, the note on the main question is accurate, but again...test EVERYTHING.
3a. If you are referencing any old COM components or old OCX controls, it will be a source of pain.
3b. Does your app do any reporting? old 2000 SSRS, or Crystal reports? again, another project.
Good luck!
I've done it, and there were stored procedures / user functions that needed to be updated for compatibility. Here is a Microsoft tool, SQL Server Upgrade Advisor. If you are using inline SQL in your code I'm not sure if this tool will help you. I was fortunate in that most on teh application SQL was implemented as stored procedures inside the database itself.
Here is an MSDN blog post about upgrade considerations and using the Upgrade Advisor tool.
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I'm going to develop an application...Just wondering...
What are the difference between SSRS and Crystal Report?[Visual Studio 2010]
Can you provide pros and cons?
I have used both Although Crystal Reports is very well know and widely used. It can be a hassle at times (Not saying that SQL Server reporting services is not a hassle sometimes.)
Pros for Crystal Reports
May people use it and understand how to use it. Its ability in the
creation of more basic to intermediate reports quickly is a plus.
Even if you don't know SQL you can still fiddle with Crystal Reports
to get the result you want, and flatten out the data. Supports
Dynamic Cascading Prompts (version XI and Higher) Supports Web
Viewer, ActiveX, Java and HTML.
Cons for Crystal Reports
Crystal's Report Design Component seems to be full of strange
scenarios. I believe because the software has changed hands so many
times. Documentation is pretty limited for the Report Design
Component. A beginner can definitely create a nice formatted report
quickly and easily, but when it comes to more complex reports where
performance is needed. Going back to understanding SQL is necessary.
Pros for SQL Server Reporting
Web Based Reporting Server Report Rendering Engine supports a number
of formats (Excel, HTML, Image, and more) Publishing and scheduling
is a part of Reporting Services. In crystal you need Crystal Reports
Server or Business Objects Enterprise for Publishing and scheduling.
Or you would need to create your own custom app) Parameter prompting
is nicer in my opinion Saved Data sources can be accessed by excel
users. User login an permissions are built in. Subscriptions are a
built in feature
Cons for SQL Server Reporting
It can sometimes be a pain to implement the Report builder feature
for building simple reports is somewhat limited The best report
builder is Visual Studio's Business Intelligence Studio. This is only
a con because for a beginning end user this could seem overwhelming
In all SQL Server Reporting Services is my pick.
I am new in oracle apex...
can any one tell me that from which site I can get oracle apex sample and professiona(running) Projects which are deployed in the companies .From that we can learn a lot that how the professional we can write the code.
There used to be a bunch of packaged applications, but it seems you are out of luck right now:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/apex/application-express/packaged-apps-090453.html
You can find the standard sample application there.
Regards,
Rob.
There is a list of commercial APEX applications on the OTN APEX website here. I don't imagine they let you look at their code though.
I´ve tried looking around stackoverflow and google and no luck...
The problem is that I´ve just installed Crytal Reports, and it seems to have installed correctly, howveer, when i try to open a table in a database, it loads the table but it´s missing one column...which in this case is the most important column, since it includes date and time of an event...
Does anyone know how i could solve this? or a work around?
Thank you very much! all help is extremely appreciated!
From this thread on SAP's forums, it appears as though this is a known issue using Crystal Reports with Oracle Timestamp columns. The recommended solution is to access the Oracle database with Crystal's native Oracle driver (rather than OLE DB, ODBC, etc).
I'm a junior VB.net developer with little application design knowledge. I've been reading a lot of material online regarding different design patterns, frameworks, and methodologies. It's become a bit confusing for me.
Right now I'm trying to decide on what language would be best suited to convert an existing VB6 application (with SQL server backend.) I need to update the UI and add more user functionality and reporting capabilities. Initially I was thinking of using WPF and attempting the MVVM model for this big project. Reports would be generated from SSRS.
A peer suggested using ASP.net and I don't have enough experience to determine what would be better. The senior programmers here are stuck on using VB6 and don't have any input on what to use. They are encouraging me to use the latest technologies.
This application would be for ~20 users in a central location. Ideally I would stick to a Microsoft .net language. Current interface is similar to a datagrid table where the user would click in to see the detail of each record. They would need to have multiple records open at any given time.
I look forward to all the advice I can get.
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What is your audience? Internal clients within an intranet
How complex are the interactions you expect to implement? not very... displaying data from SQL server to UI. Allow user updates to said data. Typically just one user modifying a record.
Do you require near real-time data updates? no
How often do you expect to update the application after the first release? twice/year
Do you expect a well-defined set of client platforms? Yes, windows xp environment, potentially upgrading to Win7. Currently in IE.6 moving to IE7 or 8 within a couple of months.
Do users need access from anywhere? No, just from their PC.
What would be wrong about building a simple ASP.Net application in VB.Net using Gridviews for allowing the data access and manipulation? Seems like a simple ADO.Net trial application if you aren't familiar with it in the beginning you will be by the end. CRUD applications are pretty common so it shouldn't be too hard to build it and then refine it as more requirements become apparent.
Sounds like you need to use a web-based solution--this eliminates alot of your potential distribution woes with multiple users. You could use silverlight, but if you are locked into SSRS, this might not be the way to go.