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giovi2002
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Posted - 2005-07-14 : 12:17:37
Does Reporting Services directly connect to SQL Server (native) or does it use something else?

jhermiz

3564 Posts

Posted - 2005-07-14 : 13:32:57
It uses a data source which is known as an .RDS file

Basically its an xml file with a connection string. RS can connect to many data sources including DB2, Oracle, etc.

Jon



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