InstantForum.NET v2.9.0SQLServerCentralhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/notifications@sqlservercentral.comWed, 22 May 2013 12:44:53 GMT20http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic630991-391-1.aspx[quote][b]nivedita talukdar (1/23/2013)[/b][hr]Hi All,I'm new to this forum and want to learn and develop SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting services which is one of the utmost requirement to sustain my job :(... can you please help me with some sites or PDF's that can help to train and work quickly on this.Cheers[/quote]Good place to start is here [url]http://www.sqlservercentral.com/stairway/72382/[/url]Also plenty of good books on Amazon on SSRS.Thu, 24 Jan 2013 01:59:02 GMTanthony.greenhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic630991-391-1.aspxHi All,I'm new to this forum and want to learn and develop SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting services which is one of the utmost requirement to sustain my job :(... can you please help me with some sites or PDF's that can help to train and work quickly on this.CheersWed, 23 Jan 2013 18:18:05 GMTnivedita talukdarhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic630991-391-1.aspxReport server 2008 may use 2005 SQL Engine for database hosting but it not should be express edition.ZahirulMon, 23 Jan 2012 22:59:43 GMTsohelnax005http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic630991-391-1.aspxHi, I dont this is possible and it wouldnt make sense either. I have dealt with SSRS 2005 upgrades recently to 2008 R2 and the schema is different. I think i recall querying the sys.tables and there are an additional 4-5 tables, Plus there are additional views to extract data.Sat, 04 Jun 2011 05:30:02 GMTavinash jobanputrahttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic630991-391-1.aspxHi,No, it's definitely not possible to use an SSRS 2005 server with an SSRS 2008 ReportServer database.The schema of the ReportServer 2005 databases is different to that of the ReportServer 2008 database.Wed, 25 Aug 2010 02:10:57 GMTAndy Hogghttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic630991-391-1.aspxCan you have an SSRS 2005 hitting the same ReportServer database that the 2008 is?Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:05:21 GMTarussell_10http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic630991-391-1.aspxHi Patrick,This configuration works fine, I've implemented it myself.Prior to doing this I checked with Microsoft to confirm that this configuration was supported and they confirmed that it was.Thu, 12 Aug 2010 03:01:47 GMTAndy Hogghttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic630991-391-1.aspxYes we can do this........Wed, 11 Aug 2010 03:00:09 GMTshubhamjain2011http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic630991-391-1.aspxThanksWed, 14 Jan 2009 10:43:11 GMTPatrick_LeBlanchttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic630991-391-1.aspxYes - microsoft recommended our shop do it for a sharepoint plugin to work correctly.. tho we just decided to upgrade totally to 2008 sql tho :DWed, 14 Jan 2009 10:27:05 GMTScott Oharhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic630991-391-1.aspxThanks. That is what I was looking for.Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:02:55 GMTPatrick_LeBlanchttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic630991-391-1.aspxI would say maybe read the last comment in the link below for how to do that and no I have not used it.[url]http://blogs.msdn.com/bwelcker/archive/2007/03/19/candy-apple-grey-installing-ssrs-and-windows-vista.aspx[/url]Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:44:06 GMTGift Peddiehttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic630991-391-1.aspxCan a SQL Server 2005 database engine host the ReportServer and ReportServerTempDB database for a SQL Server 2008 Reporting Service installation?Sorry for the confusion.Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:55:10 GMTPatrick_LeBlanchttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic630991-391-1.aspxI don't see why not because it will just be a datasource like Oracle or other RDBMS so the only thing connecting both is a connection string.Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:28:34 GMTGift Peddiehttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic630991-391-1.aspxIs it possible to have SSRS 2008 Reporting Services run with a SQL Server 2005 database back-end?Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:52:35 GMTPatrick_LeBlanc