sql 2008 reporting services using sql 2005, visual studio 2008.
I need some help. My problem is actually pretty simple. I want to use
reporting services on visual studio 2008. Recently I installed sql 2005 standard, sp2 etc
default instance on my vista computer however I found out some
disturbing news business intelligence development studio-is part of
vs 2005 not vs 2008. I spent over a month looking
into these factors and I was quite mad that I can not use
reporting services...The worst part is it installed vs 2005
which I do not want( I would have to install sp2 etc)
My understanding is that you must have sql 2005 installed on my
computer to use sql reporting services.
My question are these:
1. What parts do I need to unistall in sql 2005 to get
2008 reporting services to work?
2. Can I unistall vs 2005?
3 office web components are not part of vs 2008, sql 2008
do I need to unistall and reinstall? However They
are necessary for use with sql 2005.....
4. What is the best way to get reporting systems to work
on vs 2008?
5 Do I need to address these issues with microsoft?
Any advice would be helpful to get this resolved
Thank you......
Answers
hi, I followed you, the issue is you want the SSRS 2005 client design expereince to work with Visual Studio 2008?
Thats not supported. As you have found, side by side installations work. SQL Business Intelligence Studio (BIDS) is indeed basd on VS but lots of extra functioanlity is installed which give you the BI designers. Its not just a matter of other project types. Therefore its 'bound' to the version of vs we coded/tested with.
With SQL 2008, we have migrated BIDs to be based on VS2008 as well as enhancing the vairous pieces underneath that make up the BI design experience. In case your looking for the most recent trial/CTP version of SQL 2008, it can be found here. Its from Feb and we have now made lots of great changes for the next /RC0 release which is not far off, but the Feb CTP is still great to see whats new, especially in BIDs.
Thank you for your patience.
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hi, I followed you, the issue is you want the SSRS 2005 client design expereince to work with Visual Studio 2008?
Thats not supported. As you have found, side by side installations work. SQL Business Intelligence Studio (BIDS) is indeed basd on VS but lots of extra functioanlity is installed which give you the BI designers. Its not just a matter of other project types. Therefore its 'bound' to the version of vs we coded/tested with.
With SQL 2008, we have migrated BIDs to be based on VS2008 as well as enhancing the vairous pieces underneath that make up the BI design experience. In case your looking for the most recent trial/CTP version of SQL 2008, it can be found here. Its from Feb and we have now made lots of great changes for the next /RC0 release which is not far off, but the Feb CTP is still great to see whats new, especially in BIDs.
Thank you for your patience.
