VS 2005/2008 rdlc-report with source of SQL 2000

[Pieter]

Hi,

We have to make a Windows Forms application, in VS.NET 2005 or preferably
2008, with local reports (*.rdlc, not *.rdl !!), which will be shown in a
Reportviewer in this application. So we won't install a Reporting Services
on our SQL Server.

The problem is: the source database is an SQL 2000. So the question is: will
it be possible to use an SQL 2000 as a datasource for our reports in VS.NET
2008? And if not with VS.NET 2008, will it work with VS.NET 2005?
Thanks a lot in advance,
Pieter

[Norman Yuan]

Indeed your question has nothing to do with Reporting Services. Yes, you can
use SQLServer2000 (or many others, such as Jet database, MySQL...for that
matter) as data source for you report, be it local report or reporting
services report with VS2005/8.

"Pieter" <pi****************@nospam.nospamwrote in message
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Hi,

We have to make a Windows Forms application, in VS.NET 2005 or preferably
2008, with local reports (*.rdlc, not *.rdl !!), which will be shown in a
Reportviewer in this application. So we won't install a Reporting Services
on our SQL Server.

The problem is: the source database is an SQL 2000. So the question is:
will it be possible to use an SQL 2000 as a datasource for our reports in
VS.NET 2008? And if not with VS.NET 2008, will it work with VS.NET 2005?
Thanks a lot in advance,
Pieter

[Pieter]

ok thanks a lot both for the help!