How to connect SQL SERVER 2012 EXPRESS ADVANCEd to a PROGRESS database ?

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How to connect SQL SERVER 2012 EXPRESS ADVANCEd to a PROGRESS database ?

Lidou123

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June 25, 2013 at 9:25 am

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Hi All,
I need your help.
Configuration: SQL Server 2012 Express Advanced Services
I need to create SSRS reports for a Progress Database.
Could you explain me how to add a odbc connector to SSRS ?
Thank U for your help.

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Lowell SSC Guru Points: 323504 More actions · Answer 1

you could easily add a linked server and connect to that.

since you specifically mentioned 2012, you are probably running 64 bit, and so you need 64 bit progress drivers before you can add the linked server. Those drivers must be installed ont he server, adn then you can add the linked server to it.

http://www.google.com/search?q=linked+server+to+progress

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J Livingston SQL SSC Guru Points: 51550 More actions · Answer 2

what version of Progress?

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Lidou123 Hall of Fame Points: 3186 More actions · Answer 3

Hi Livingston.

Thank U for your answer.

I use the 10.2B version PROGRESS.

Lidou123 Hall of Fame Points: 3186 More actions · Answer 4

Hi Lowell,

Thank u for your answer.

I tried to connect via linked server and that wooooorks !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙂

Thank U.

So, now I can create a report and deploy it ??

Or I must to do something else ??

Lidou 123

Lowell SSC Guru Points: 323504 More actions · Answer 5

Lidou123 (6/25/2013)
Hi Lowell,
Thank u for your answer.
I tried to connect via linked server and that wooooorks !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙂
Thank U.
So, now I can create a report and deploy it ??
Or I must to do something else ??
Lidou 123

awesome, glad it's working for you!

now it's up to you and how up-to-date the data needs to be.

for a report, does the report REALLY need up to the second data, or can it be a little behind?

linked servers are notoriously slow, and you can also run into permissions issues, depending on how you set up the linked server.

i personally prefer to grab the data from a linked server at intervals with a scheduled job, and let my reports read the slightly-out-of-date-but-orders-of-magnitude-faster local data.

so my process might grab data a couple of times a day for reports, and any SSRS reports just hit a local table on my server with the data i grabbed from some remote linked servers.

Lowell

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