Brian,
Thank you, that appears to be the solution! Just hadn't explored enough yet. Jared On Tuesday 11 June 2002 15:31, Anderson, Brian wrote: > In 8.5 developer on the "database" menu, is an option of "set location". > > This lets you pick a new connection/table for any table in the report, > and then it asks if you would like to change all similiar references. > So you can change one and let it try to match the others, or change each > table reference yourself. > > I don't have 8 installed to see if their is something similiar, but > maybe that will give you a direction to look. > > Do you have "standard", "professional" or "developer"? That may > determine whether you have this option. > > > *********************************** > Brian L. Anderson > SA/DBA > Darton College > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----------------------------------- > http://home.earthlink.net/~maryranderson > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 2:29 PM > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > Subject: Re: AW: Off Topic, slightly - Crystal Reports internal format > > > > > > Arrgggghhh!!!!! > > > > Now that the primal scream is out of the way, there must be some > > kind of workaround. Still looking... > > > > Jared > > > > > > > > > > > > Stefan Jahnke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 06/11/2002 05:53 AM > > Please respond to ORACLE-L > > > > > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > cc: > > Subject: AW: Off Topic, slightly - Crystal > > Reports internal format > > > > > > Hi Jared > > > > Regarding your first problem: > > I experienced the same "feature" a while ago. > > Seagate promised that one is able to just change > > an underlying ODBC connection and that the report > > should be able to run different data sources. > > Bunch of bull. Looks like it still doesn't work > > correctly. > > > > And yes, we had to reengineer EVERY single report. > > CR support ? VERY ah, ... not helpful. > > > > Regards, > > Stefan > > > > -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht----- > > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Gesendet: Montag, 10. Juni 2002 23:43 > > An: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > Betreff: Off Topic, slightly - Crystal Reports internal format > > > > > > List, > > > > I have an 'opportunity' to make some points with end users, > > if possible. > > > > I'm booting the crystal reports users off of my production > > databases ( > > including > > SAP, can you believe that? ). > > > > There reports will now run against a reporting server with > > snapshotted > > tables. > > > > Their reports have been written with Crystal Reports 8 via ODBC. > > > > 2 problems: > > > > 1) When originally setup, the ODBC DSN matched the name of > > the database. > > Not smart I know, but I inherited it. Changing the data > > source in Crystal > > > > basically > > forces you to rewrite the report. > > > > 2) The username has changed. Production is CIMUSER, > > reporting is CIM_MV. > > The table names have '_MV' suffix in the reporting database. > > > > Any reasonable tool would allow you to change these items > > without too much > > > > fuss. > > > > Either CR8 is not reasonable, or I have just not found out > > how to do it > > yet. Without > > reconstructing the report that is. > > > > Any tips, resources, what have you are welcome. > > > > If you know of any documentation detailing the *.rpt file > > format, that > > would be most > > appreciated, as I could just modify their reports from the > > command line or > > > > with a > > hex editor. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Jared > > > > > > -- > > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > > -- > > Author: > > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 > > San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). 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You may > > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Jared Still INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
