MS SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services

[Woody Splawn]

I am asking this question here because I asked this question in the
Reporting Services Newsgroup and did not get an answer. Does anyone know if
Reporting Services is intended to work in a client/Server or Local machine
environment? Based on what I have seen my guess is yes but that is a guess.
In some materal it talks about it running on a web server but my supposition
is that this does not necessarily mean that it would not make for a good
reporting tool on a local machine running SQL Server 2000. Is this correct?
I think it just tacks on to SQL Server 2000 doesn't it? I would like to be
able to use is Via VS.net.

I am asking because to me there seems to be a gaping hole where good reports
for VS.net are concerned. Crystal Reports has a robust engine but trying to
make it work in a .NET environment is troublesome. Active Reports is a good
product but has some limitations. Just wondering if SQL Reporting Services
is a good option. The material I've seen on it looks pretty good but again,
my interest is in local machine or client/server, not Web reports. Can it
be simplified and used for just these purposes?

Anyone?

 

[William Ryan eMVP]

Woody:

I wasn't aware there was a rs newsgroup. I'm having an airhead moment and
can't find it. what's the name of it?

THanks,


Bill

 

[Woody Splawn]

The newsgroup name is Microsoft.Public.SqlServer.Reportingsvcs

That said; do you (or does anyone else) know it SQL Server Reporting
Services is meant to be a reporting tool for local machines as well as web
servers. Anyone got any answers to the questions I posted below?

Thank You

Woody