Well, depends on what you want to protect. You mentioned that you want to
"Henry Zektser" <HenryZektser@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Youre suggesting an assembly that spits out a dataset, and reporting on
that?
>
> Are there any examples of this around?
>
> "Teo Lachev [MVP]" wrote:
>
> > Henry,
> >
> > Even if you secure the installation process the administrator can always
see
> > the report definition in the Report Manager. So, I would rather
gravitate
> > toward moving the sensitive information in an external .NET assembly and
> > possibly obfuscating it.
> >
> > --
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > -----------------------------------------------------
> > Teo Lachev, MVP [SQL Server], MCSD, MCT
> > Author: "Microsoft Reporting Services in Action"
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> > "Henry Zektser" <Henry Zektser@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
> > news:6C861463-3CD3-40BB-80B2-A24D2A443923@microsoft.com...
> > > I've written an application that generates a couple of stored procs
and
> > > views, and installs them into a DB. I also have a series of reports in
> > > Reporting Services that pull data from those views.
> > >
> > > Its easy enough for me to distribute the .exe for the app that
generates
> > SPs
> > > and views, but how do I distribute the reports without giving the
> > installer
> > > access to them? Basically, I dont want anyone to poke around through
the
> > > formulas, etc.
> > >
> > > Is there a way to do this?
> >
> >
> >