Reporting tools

[Torshin]

I was wondering if there were any built in reporting tools with the free version of Microsoft SQL sever 2008. I am looking for a way to easily run queries and then graph the results without having to export the queries to excel.

 

[markros]

Yes, if you install SQL Server 2008 Express with Advanced Tools. However, I haven't tried to run any reports myself yet.

 

[Torshin]

do you know of any reporting tools that are easy to link to a Microsoft SQL server?

 

[Silx]

I believe you can do this with ODBC.
Excel has the ability to pull data from a database. So essentially, Excel becomes your reporting tool.

Of course, I don't have excel on this machine, but I know I've seen examples of this around the 'net.

 

[txdave35]

You can also create a linked table within Access. Then build an Access report and reference the linked table.