"Smit-Dog" <SmitDog@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> I am a new SQL Reporting Services developer, and have a couple of newbie
> questions.
>
> 1) I understand that SQL Reporting Services (SRS) is free with every
> licensed copy of SQL Server 2000. I downloaded what appears to be an
> "evaluation" copy of SRS. How do you install / license SRS on a server
that
> has a licensed copy of SQL Server 2000? Is there a separate download
> media/CD? How do you license / activate SRS properly?
>
> 2) I would like to develop a SRS report remotely for a customer, and then
> deploy it on their intranet at their location. Basically all development
is
> off-site, and I will travel onsite to install the completed SRS report.
They
> do not have a licensed copy of Visual Studio .NET, so none of the
> development/maintenance will be done on their server. When I go to install
> SRS on their server, I will only install the Server components, not the
> client components. With that said, how do go about getting the actual
report
> installed / deployed on their server? I can do it locally on my
development
> box using "deploy" from within VS.NET, but how do I do it "manually" on a
box
> without VS.NET? What report "files" do I need to copy from my machine, and
> what needs to be setup in IIS?
>
> Thanks!

"Smit-Dog" <SmitDog@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks for the quick reply Bruce!
>
> I'll see if I can get the "offical" version via MSDN.
>
> I'll check out the scripting example. Hope it's not too involved. I
figured
> that it would not be as straight forward as copying a few files.
>
> - Bill
>
> "Bruce L-C [MVP]" wrote:
>
> > You can order a CD with RS (i.e. a non-evaluation version). MSDN has it
as
> > well.
> >
> > There are no activation that occurs, just install it. You do have to
have
> > the correct version of SQL Server when installing.
> >
> > To deploy without you can script the deployment. I believe an example of
> > this ships with RS.
> >
> > --
> > Bruce Loehle-Conger
> > MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
> >
> >
> > "Smit-Dog" <SmitDog@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:6160D0B2-2F39-4176-B2F1-D3D4AA24982C@microsoft.com...
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I am a new SQL Reporting Services developer, and have a couple of
newbie
> > > questions.
> > >
> > > 1) I understand that SQL Reporting Services (SRS) is free with every
> > > licensed copy of SQL Server 2000. I downloaded what appears to be an
> > > "evaluation" copy of SRS. How do you install / license SRS on a server
> > that
> > > has a licensed copy of SQL Server 2000? Is there a separate download
> > > media/CD? How do you license / activate SRS properly?
> > >
> > > 2) I would like to develop a SRS report remotely for a customer, and
then
> > > deploy it on their intranet at their location. Basically all
development
> > is
> > > off-site, and I will travel onsite to install the completed SRS
report.
> > They
> > > do not have a licensed copy of Visual Studio .NET, so none of the
> > > development/maintenance will be done on their server. When I go to
install
> > > SRS on their server, I will only install the Server components, not
the
> > > client components. With that said, how do go about getting the actual
> > report
> > > installed / deployed on their server? I can do it locally on my
> > development
> > > box using "deploy" from within VS.NET, but how do I do it "manually"
on a
> > box
> > > without VS.NET? What report "files" do I need to copy from my machine,
and
> > > what needs to be setup in IIS?
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> >
> >
> >

"Smit-Dog" <SmitDog@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0A2723EB-5411-44CE-843C-0EEDDFDD75BF@microsoft.com...
> It appears that the Report Manager browser interface allows you to upload
an
> RDL file from a file system directly into the Report Server database. Very
> cool!
>
> But.... I imagine that since the data source info is different between the
> two environments (production server versus development laptop) and since
the
> RDL contains the data source definition, this might not work 100%. Still
need
> to do some more digging. Perhaps you can change the data source for a
report
> once it's been uploaded into the production server.
>
> "Bruce L-C [MVP]" wrote:
>
> > The reason it is not just copying files is that your rdl files do not
exist
> > on the server (search it, you won't find them). The reports are stored
in
> > the database.
> >
> > --
> > Bruce Loehle-Conger
> > MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
> >
> >
> > "Smit-Dog" <SmitDog@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:2E52E77E-7D1E-4490-8820-B480DD3250C4@microsoft.com...
> > > Thanks for the quick reply Bruce!
> > >
> > > I'll see if I can get the "offical" version via MSDN.
> > >
> > > I'll check out the scripting example. Hope it's not too involved. I
> > figured
> > > that it would not be as straight forward as copying a few files.
> > >
> > > - Bill
> > >
> > > "Bruce L-C [MVP]" wrote:
> > >
> > > > You can order a CD with RS (i.e. a non-evaluation version). MSDN has
it
> > as
> > > > well.
> > > >
> > > > There are no activation that occurs, just install it. You do have to
> > have
> > > > the correct version of SQL Server when installing.
> > > >
> > > > To deploy without you can script the deployment. I believe an
example of
> > > > this ships with RS.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Bruce Loehle-Conger
> > > > MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "Smit-Dog" <SmitDog@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > > news:6160D0B2-2F39-4176-B2F1-D3D4AA24982C@microsoft.com...
> > > > > Hello,
> > > > >
> > > > > I am a new SQL Reporting Services developer, and have a couple of
> > newbie
> > > > > questions.
> > > > >
> > > > > 1) I understand that SQL Reporting Services (SRS) is free with
every
> > > > > licensed copy of SQL Server 2000. I downloaded what appears to be
an
> > > > > "evaluation" copy of SRS. How do you install / license SRS on a
server
> > > > that
> > > > > has a licensed copy of SQL Server 2000? Is there a separate
download
> > > > > media/CD? How do you license / activate SRS properly?
> > > > >
> > > > > 2) I would like to develop a SRS report remotely for a customer,
and
> > then
> > > > > deploy it on their intranet at their location. Basically all
> > development
> > > > is
> > > > > off-site, and I will travel onsite to install the completed SRS
> > report.
> > > > They
> > > > > do not have a licensed copy of Visual Studio .NET, so none of the
> > > > > development/maintenance will be done on their server. When I go to
> > install
> > > > > SRS on their server, I will only install the Server components,
not
> > the
> > > > > client components. With that said, how do go about getting the
actual
> > > > report
> > > > > installed / deployed on their server? I can do it locally on my
> > > > development
> > > > > box using "deploy" from within VS.NET, but how do I do it
"manually"
> > on a
> > > > box
> > > > > without VS.NET? What report "files" do I need to copy from my
machine,
> > and
> > > > > what needs to be setup in IIS?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> >
> >