Crystal Reports and Blackbaud's Raiser's Edge

[MilinPCH]

Anyone out there in the Philanthropy community using Raiser's Edge 6 and CR7 ?&nbsp;&nbsp;I am told that there is no way to directly link CR7 into RE -- that I have to dump out all of my data into an Access-like database and then do my CR reports against that-- yuk!!!&nbsp;&nbsp;Can't I do something in real time via ODBC?<br><br>Thanks, <br>Milin

 

[MalcolmW]

Direct links are available only for the most popular database engines, and for ODBC.&nbsp;&nbsp;Do you have an ODBC driver for Raiser's Edge - it should work. <p>Malcolm Wynden<br><a href=mailto:wynden@island.dot.net>wynden@island.dot.net</a><br><a href= > </a><br>

 

[MilinPCH]

Thanks Malcolm<br>I'm not sure how to answer your questions - the last system I used it was all set up for me.&nbsp;&nbsp;If I go into CR and pick the New, SQL/ODBC button, I do see a line for ODBC Blackbaud.&nbsp;&nbsp;When I click on it I get a user id and password screen to &quot;Connect to SQL Anywhere&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp;Does that Mean I have a driver installed? Does that mean my IT department has the server passworded?<br><br>Thanks, <br>Milin