on SQL 2005 Express. The architecture would be VB.net clients on accessing a
sqlexpress machine with the reports on that same machine. The vb.net2005
"Bruce L-C [MVP]" <bruce_lcNOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:uQPwsnAgGHA.4880@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Just a quick correction, there is now a version of Express that will work
> for reports. There are two versions of Express. But, your data has to be
> local. For instance, deploying to Express a report and then having the
> report go against Oracle data or SQL Server data on another machine will
> not work (at least that is my understanding).
>
> Also, although the report is not version specific and there is very little
> difference as far as the reports are concerned there is one area, infinite
> click through that is version specific. The other version specific issues
> (web farms, data driven subscriptions etc) are not really report specific.
>
>
> --
> Bruce Loehle-Conger
> MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
>
> "Wei Lu" <weilu@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:4vLzqu9fGHA.5184@TK2MSFTNGXA01.phx.gbl...
>> Hi Aussie,
>>
>> Thank you for the update.
>>
>> As I mentioned in the previous post, the Report Definition File (rdl
>> file)
>> isn't related with the SQL edition.
>>
>> You could deploy your rdl file to any Report Server (2005).
>>
>> Since SQL Express does not support the Reporting Services, I don't think
>> you could deploy the report to SQL Express.
>>
>> Here is an article for your reference:
>>
>> Features Supported by the Editions of SQL Server 2005
>>
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143761(SQL.90).aspx
>>
>> Hope this will be helpful!
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Wei Lu
>> Microsoft Online Community Support
>>
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