Professional SQL Server Reporting Services

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 624 pages
• Published by: Wrox May 7, 2004
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0764568787
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0764568787
• Book Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.3 x 1.3 inches
• Weighs: 2 pounds

Product Description
What is this book about?

SQL Server Reporting Services is the customizable reporting solution for report designers and programmers. This hands-on guide will get you up to speed quickly. You can create powerful reports without programming knowledge and extend reporting solutions using VB, C#, and ASP.NET.

Packed with detailed examples of building reports, designing report solutions, and developing deployment strategies for interacting with various platforms, this book prepares you to take full advantage of a revolutionary new tool.

What does this book cover?

Here are just some of the things you'll learn in this book:

• Details of programming reports and report scripting
• Advanced report design, including drill-down reports, nested lists, drill-through, links, and dynamic content
• How to manage reports using Report Manager or program code
• High-level strategies for business support systems
• Rendering reports using .NET code, .NET IO namespace classes, and URL rendering
• Deployment strategies to handle hardware, software, and platform considerations, licensing issues, and scaling options

Who is this book for?

This book is for developers and report designers using VB, C#, and ASP.NET who need to tie into SQL Server to build customized reports or to integrate reports into Windows or Web-based applications.

Download Description
What is this book about?

Professional SQL Server Reporting Services can be used by C#, VB, and ASP.NET developers, as well as SQL Server developers who are looking to develop customizable reports for the end user. Professional SQL Server Reporting Services is filled with detailed examples on building reports and designing report solutions, as well as hands-on deployment strategies for interacting with a variety of platforms.

What does this book cover?

This book covers all of the basics of working with Reporting Services. It begins by explaining reporting services architecture and business intelligence. You learn the basics of designing reports and planning considerations, and then move on to advanced report design and filtering techniques. The book also includes saving, retrieving, and rendering reports.

You will discover the specifics of the following: 

• Programming reports
• Reporting service namespaces and the object model
• Report scripting
• Rendering scenarios
• Consuming and providing data in the .NET framework
• Browser compatibility considerations
• Designing reporting solutions and deployment strategies

Reader Reviews
There are 2 RS (Reporting Services) books out right now, this one, and Brian Larson's book. Larson's book is good if you are a newbie to RS, but the examples he uses are very minimal. How to Choose: 1. If you're a solid SQL Server user and are comfortable setting up RS and have a little C# or VB.NET experience; go with this book. 2. If you're moderately clueless but really want to learn; use Larson's book "Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services," {and maybe pick-up Murach's C# (.Net Developer)} You may have to do what I did and go through both RS books. I started out clueless and the WROX book would have been too much to start with. Larson's book was a good starter for me, "an advanced newbie" but left me wanting much more. This review will eventually be out of date, but I think I'll stand by the WROX book (though it has errors). Larson's book is going to get beat out as the entry level book pretty quickly. (as soon as someone publishes another one) WARNING: If you have never installed SQL Server, this is not the place to start. Reporting Services is not Word. It takes a moderate level of Server knowledge to even get started. Comment | | (Report this)