"Andrew Madsen" <andrew.madsen@harley-davidson.com> wrote in message
news:%23Xwk2oO%23EHA.3932@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> I asked the following a few days ago. Am I asking the wrong group?
>
> I am attempting to put a couple of Oracle 8i views in a report project I
am
> building. When I attempt to build the connection I have two drivers to
> choose from one is the Microsoft OLE DB provider for Oracle and the other
is
> "Oracle Provider for OLE DB". When I use the first I do not get all of the
> views and when I get the second I get an error saying that the service
name
> cannot be resolved. I have created a regular DSN and looked at the data in
> Access so I know the views I want are there but I cannot seem to make it
> happen in Reporting services. Any Ideas?
>
>
> --
> Andrew C. Madsen
> Network Specialist
> Harley-Davidson Motor Company
>
>

"Andrew Madsen" <andrew.madsen@harley-davidson.com> wrote in message
news:%23Xwk2oO%23EHA.3932@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>I asked the following a few days ago. Am I asking the wrong group?
>
> I am attempting to put a couple of Oracle 8i views in a report project I
> am
> building. When I attempt to build the connection I have two drivers to
> choose from one is the Microsoft OLE DB provider for Oracle and the other
> is
> "Oracle Provider for OLE DB". When I use the first I do not get all of the
> views and when I get the second I get an error saying that the service
> name
> cannot be resolved. I have created a regular DSN and looked at the data in
> Access so I know the views I want are there but I cannot seem to make it
> happen in Reporting services. Any Ideas?
>
>
> --
> Andrew C. Madsen
> Network Specialist
> Harley-Davidson Motor Company
>
>

"Bruce L-C [MVP]" <bruce_lcNOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:OasNm5O%23EHA.2196@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Sometimes when you ask a question there isn't anyone who knows the
solution.
> I don't know the solution but I do have some ideas on what you can try.
> First, do not pick the Microsoft OLE DB Provider for Oracle. If you do it
> will be trying to use OLEDB from the query designer and managed dotnet
> provider when you run it. The dotnet provider requires the 9i client (not
> sure if a 9i client can go against 8i). If you pick the Microsoft one it
> might work from the designer but it would most likely not run when you
> preview the report.
>
> A DSN has nothing to do with OLEDB, that is an ODBC thing. So, as far as
the
> Oracle OLEDB provider you are missing a step in configuring, i.e. you have
> not setup the service name (which is what the error says). I haven't
worked
> for awhile with Oracle so I can't give you the exact steps. Google OLEDB
and
> Oracle.
>
> My suggestion is to go with the oledb provider for odbc because then you
can
> pick the DSN that you setup previously.
>
>
> --
> Bruce Loehle-Conger
> MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
>
>
> "Andrew Madsen" <andrew.madsen@harley-davidson.com> wrote in message
> news:%23Xwk2oO%23EHA.3932@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > I asked the following a few days ago. Am I asking the wrong group?
> >
> > I am attempting to put a couple of Oracle 8i views in a report project I
> am
> > building. When I attempt to build the connection I have two drivers to
> > choose from one is the Microsoft OLE DB provider for Oracle and the
other
> is
> > "Oracle Provider for OLE DB". When I use the first I do not get all of
the
> > views and when I get the second I get an error saying that the service
> name
> > cannot be resolved. I have created a regular DSN and looked at the data
in
> > Access so I know the views I want are there but I cannot seem to make it
> > happen in Reporting services. Any Ideas?
> >
> >
> > --
> > Andrew C. Madsen
> > Network Specialist
> > Harley-Davidson Motor Company
> >
> >
>
>

"Andrew Madsen" <andrew.madsen@harley-davidson.com> wrote in message
news:%23rFT7wX%23EHA.2580@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Sorry if I sounded testy. I plead innocent due to the limitations of text.
> There are a lot of messages that get posed here and I assumed that mine
> either got lost in the mass or it was considered off topic hence the first
> sentence of the message.
>
> Now, that being said I am running the Oracle 9i client and when I try to
use
> the Microsoft OLE DB driver for ODBC I get the same error that the service
> name cannot be resolved. I can connect any other tool using the ODBC DSN
> except for the MS tool.
>
> --
> Andrew C. Madsen
> Network Specialist
> Harley-Davidson Motor Company
> "Bruce L-C [MVP]" <bruce_lcNOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OasNm5O%23EHA.2196@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > Sometimes when you ask a question there isn't anyone who knows the
> solution.
> > I don't know the solution but I do have some ideas on what you can try.
> > First, do not pick the Microsoft OLE DB Provider for Oracle. If you do
it
> > will be trying to use OLEDB from the query designer and managed dotnet
> > provider when you run it. The dotnet provider requires the 9i client
(not
> > sure if a 9i client can go against 8i). If you pick the Microsoft one it
> > might work from the designer but it would most likely not run when you
> > preview the report.
> >
> > A DSN has nothing to do with OLEDB, that is an ODBC thing. So, as far as
> the
> > Oracle OLEDB provider you are missing a step in configuring, i.e. you
have
> > not setup the service name (which is what the error says). I haven't
> worked
> > for awhile with Oracle so I can't give you the exact steps. Google OLEDB
> and
> > Oracle.
> >
> > My suggestion is to go with the oledb provider for odbc because then you
> can
> > pick the DSN that you setup previously.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Bruce Loehle-Conger
> > MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
> >
> >
> > "Andrew Madsen" <andrew.madsen@harley-davidson.com> wrote in message
> > news:%23Xwk2oO%23EHA.3932@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > > I asked the following a few days ago. Am I asking the wrong group?
> > >
> > > I am attempting to put a couple of Oracle 8i views in a report project
I
> > am
> > > building. When I attempt to build the connection I have two drivers to
> > > choose from one is the Microsoft OLE DB provider for Oracle and the
> other
> > is
> > > "Oracle Provider for OLE DB". When I use the first I do not get all of
> the
> > > views and when I get the second I get an error saying that the service
> > name
> > > cannot be resolved. I have created a regular DSN and looked at the
data
> in
> > > Access so I know the views I want are there but I cannot seem to make
it
> > > happen in Reporting services. Any Ideas?
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Andrew C. Madsen
> > > Network Specialist
> > > Harley-Davidson Motor Company
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

"Jeff A. Stucker" <jeff@mobilize.net> wrote in message
news:u1bOydR%23EHA.2196@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Oracle behaves differently when you use the QBE layout and the text
layout.
> More precisely, two different mechanisms are used to get to the database.
I
> think you're supposed to use the text layout for entering your query into
> the datasource.
>
> --
> Cheers,
>
> '(' Jeff A. Stucker
> \
>
> Business Intelligence
> www.criadvantage.com
> --------------------------------------
> "Andrew Madsen" <andrew.madsen@harley-davidson.com> wrote in message
> news:%23Xwk2oO%23EHA.3932@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> >I asked the following a few days ago. Am I asking the wrong group?
> >
> > I am attempting to put a couple of Oracle 8i views in a report project I
> > am
> > building. When I attempt to build the connection I have two drivers to
> > choose from one is the Microsoft OLE DB provider for Oracle and the
other
> > is
> > "Oracle Provider for OLE DB". When I use the first I do not get all of
the
> > views and when I get the second I get an error saying that the service
> > name
> > cannot be resolved. I have created a regular DSN and looked at the data
in
> > Access so I know the views I want are there but I cannot seem to make it
> > happen in Reporting services. Any Ideas?
> >
> >
> > --
> > Andrew C. Madsen
> > Network Specialist
> > Harley-Davidson Motor Company
> >
> >
>
>

"Andrew Madsen" <andrew.madsen@harley-davidson.com> wrote in message
news:eunzNeY%23EHA.2552@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Ok this suggestion worked (in a kluge kind of way) even though I could not
> see the view in the picker list if I entered the name manually it then
> appeared. Thanks for the help.
>
> --
> Andrew C. Madsen
> Network Specialist
> Harley-Davidson Motor Company
> "Jeff A. Stucker" <jeff@mobilize.net> wrote in message
> news:u1bOydR%23EHA.2196@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > Oracle behaves differently when you use the QBE layout and the text
> layout.
> > More precisely, two different mechanisms are used to get to the
database.
> I
> > think you're supposed to use the text layout for entering your query
into
> > the datasource.
> >
> > --
> > Cheers,
> >
> > '(' Jeff A. Stucker
> > \
> >
> > Business Intelligence
> > www.criadvantage.com
> > --------------------------------------
> > "Andrew Madsen" <andrew.madsen@harley-davidson.com> wrote in message
> > news:%23Xwk2oO%23EHA.3932@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > >I asked the following a few days ago. Am I asking the wrong group?
> > >
> > > I am attempting to put a couple of Oracle 8i views in a report project
I
> > > am
> > > building. When I attempt to build the connection I have two drivers to
> > > choose from one is the Microsoft OLE DB provider for Oracle and the
> other
> > > is
> > > "Oracle Provider for OLE DB". When I use the first I do not get all of
> the
> > > views and when I get the second I get an error saying that the service
> > > name
> > > cannot be resolved. I have created a regular DSN and looked at the
data
> in
> > > Access so I know the views I want are there but I cannot seem to make
it
> > > happen in Reporting services. Any Ideas?
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Andrew C. Madsen
> > > Network Specialist
> > > Harley-Davidson Motor Company
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

"Bruce L-C [MVP]" <bruce_lcNOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:OdsdGzY%23EHA.3988@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> So did you end up using Oracle OLEDB provider?
>
> --
> Bruce Loehle-Conger
> MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
>
> "Andrew Madsen" <andrew.madsen@harley-davidson.com> wrote in message
> news:eunzNeY%23EHA.2552@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > Ok this suggestion worked (in a kluge kind of way) even though I could
not
> > see the view in the picker list if I entered the name manually it then
> > appeared. Thanks for the help.
> >
> > --
> > Andrew C. Madsen
> > Network Specialist
> > Harley-Davidson Motor Company
> > "Jeff A. Stucker" <jeff@mobilize.net> wrote in message
> > news:u1bOydR%23EHA.2196@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > > Oracle behaves differently when you use the QBE layout and the text
> > layout.
> > > More precisely, two different mechanisms are used to get to the
> database.
> > I
> > > think you're supposed to use the text layout for entering your query
> into
> > > the datasource.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > '(' Jeff A. Stucker
> > > \
> > >
> > > Business Intelligence
> > > www.criadvantage.com
> > > --------------------------------------
> > > "Andrew Madsen" <andrew.madsen@harley-davidson.com> wrote in message
> > > news:%23Xwk2oO%23EHA.3932@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > > >I asked the following a few days ago. Am I asking the wrong group?
> > > >
> > > > I am attempting to put a couple of Oracle 8i views in a report
project
> I
> > > > am
> > > > building. When I attempt to build the connection I have two drivers
to
> > > > choose from one is the Microsoft OLE DB provider for Oracle and the
> > other
> > > > is
> > > > "Oracle Provider for OLE DB". When I use the first I do not get all
of
> > the
> > > > views and when I get the second I get an error saying that the
service
> > > > name
> > > > cannot be resolved. I have created a regular DSN and looked at the
> data
> > in
> > > > Access so I know the views I want are there but I cannot seem to
make
> it
> > > > happen in Reporting services. Any Ideas?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Andrew C. Madsen
> > > > Network Specialist
> > > > Harley-Davidson Motor Company
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

"Andrew Madsen" <andrew.madsen@harley-davidson.com> wrote in message
news:e2wfiXZ%23EHA.1524@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> What I did:
> I had created a DSN Called EMC. For the Data Source I used Microsoft OLE
DB
> connector for ODBC and selected the DSN. This gave me a list of tables and
> views in the Table Picker but the views I wanted were not in the list so I
> had to not use the picker and enter the SQL manually by using the syntax:
> userview.viewname (stsview.ST_HOST_ARRAY in this case). When I entered
that
> the table picker then showed that table.
>
> --
> Andrew C. Madsen
> Network Specialist
> Harley-Davidson Motor Company
> "Bruce L-C [MVP]" <bruce_lcNOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OdsdGzY%23EHA.3988@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > So did you end up using Oracle OLEDB provider?
> >
> > --
> > Bruce Loehle-Conger
> > MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
> >
> > "Andrew Madsen" <andrew.madsen@harley-davidson.com> wrote in message
> > news:eunzNeY%23EHA.2552@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > > Ok this suggestion worked (in a kluge kind of way) even though I could
> not
> > > see the view in the picker list if I entered the name manually it then
> > > appeared. Thanks for the help.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Andrew C. Madsen
> > > Network Specialist
> > > Harley-Davidson Motor Company
> > > "Jeff A. Stucker" <jeff@mobilize.net> wrote in message
> > > news:u1bOydR%23EHA.2196@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > > > Oracle behaves differently when you use the QBE layout and the text
> > > layout.
> > > > More precisely, two different mechanisms are used to get to the
> > database.
> > > I
> > > > think you're supposed to use the text layout for entering your query
> > into
> > > > the datasource.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Cheers,
> > > >
> > > > '(' Jeff A. Stucker
> > > > \
> > > >
> > > > Business Intelligence
> > > > www.criadvantage.com
> > > > --------------------------------------
> > > > "Andrew Madsen" <andrew.madsen@harley-davidson.com> wrote in message
> > > > news:%23Xwk2oO%23EHA.3932@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > > > >I asked the following a few days ago. Am I asking the wrong group?
> > > > >
> > > > > I am attempting to put a couple of Oracle 8i views in a report
> project
> > I
> > > > > am
> > > > > building. When I attempt to build the connection I have two
drivers
> to
> > > > > choose from one is the Microsoft OLE DB provider for Oracle and
the
> > > other
> > > > > is
> > > > > "Oracle Provider for OLE DB". When I use the first I do not get
all
> of
> > > the
> > > > > views and when I get the second I get an error saying that the
> service
> > > > > name
> > > > > cannot be resolved. I have created a regular DSN and looked at the
> > data
> > > in
> > > > > Access so I know the views I want are there but I cannot seem to
> make
> > it
> > > > > happen in Reporting services. Any Ideas?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Andrew C. Madsen
> > > > > Network Specialist
> > > > > Harley-Davidson Motor Company
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>