I did this migration over a year ago...more like 200 reports...
Be prepared to let go of the nice formatting and the drilling through of a report. In my case, we made some improvements to the way we provided reporting and the end users accepted the changes very well.
Good luck! And start with...
In order for SQL2000 to reference an instance of SQL2008 it is necessary for certain files and drivers to be updated. This might be an issue if you have legacy applications on the SQL2000 server, but if you wish to try this you will need to download and install the following items:
Microsoft...
In 2005, the code dot intellisense doesn't work.
Here's how I've formatted my custom code.
Function GetFontStyleIfMonth(FieldText As String) As
If FieldText.ToLower.Contains("january") Or FieldText.ToUpper.Contains("february") Then
GetFontStyleIfMonth = "Bold"
Else...
CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[udf_StripHTML]
(@HTMLText VARCHAR(8000))
RETURNS VARCHAR(8000)
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE @Start INT
DECLARE @End INT
DECLARE @Length INT
SET @Start = CHARINDEX('<',@HTMLText)
SET @End =...
What I have done for this is setup a dummy group that doesn't display above the group you want page breaks. Below, you'd want a page break for each Group 2.
1. Group 1
2. Dummy Group
3. Group 2
The dummy group would group by a variable.
=IIF(Parameters!Break.value =...
And if you need nested...
select case when ProjTypeName = 'Packaging' then 'Some New Type'
else
case when ProjTypeName = 'Labeling' then ProjTypeName + ' ' LaLaField
else
ProjTypeName end end as NewProjectType
I am converting from 2005 to 2008 and have a report that does the following and is not working:
1. User selects a parameter denoting how they'd like to view the report (B or R values).
2. If "B" then hide the top group and show the second group and allow expanding into groups 3,4
3. If "R" show...
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