Can I deploy reports from VS2008 onto SSRS 2005?

Posted By: qwert231 | Oct 30th @ 10:25 AM
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#Oct 30th @ 10:25 AM
qwert231
qwert231
M Kenyon

We have an SSRS 2005 server currently running. We just got VS 2008. Is it possible to have VS 2008 target reports so they will work on 2005 servers?

#Oct 30th @ 3:41 PM
figuerres
figuerres
???

Nope.

 

2008 added new stuff and changed the format of the xml report definitions.

 

i hear ya...  I have a server i admin that i really want to update to 2008 server so i can use the improved report formats.

#Oct 30th @ 8:09 PM
staceyw
staceyw
Before C# there was darkness...

Not that I know of.  There is couple workarounds I can think of.

1) Use local VS reports.  This removes a SSRS dependancy (now and in the future).  You can create a simple app with listbox to show reports and run them as local reports.

2) Setup a sql2008 server just for reports and "link" server to your 2005 data.  Reporting server then is just a read-only report server.  This may also be a good idea to start working with 2008 and slowing moving stuff over and testing.

#Nov 10th @ 9:17 AM
qwert231
qwert231
M Kenyon

Set up a sql 2008 server, just for reports, costs a SQL license still, correct?

#Nov 18th @ 10:57 AM
blitzd
blitzd

You can run VS2005 and VS2008 side by side - I did it for the same scenario. And you've probably got more wiggle room on the VS licenses to run them side by side than you would on the SQL ones.

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