What is the difference between SSRS and Crystal Reports?

With SSRS data sources can be shared or embedded while in Crystal it can only be embedded in the report. Crystal provides a report explorer that has a nice, concise view to see elements and where they exist within the report but in SSRS it is just listed alphabetically in properties.

What is difference between Crystal Report and Rdlc?

Crystal Report is more powerful than RDLC report. There is no facility of REPORT FOOTER & REPORT HEADER in RDLC Report. Only Page Header & Page Footer are there. In VS2008, I was unable to find DATASOURCE in the presentation layer of the application so was unable to bind RDLC.

What is Rdlc report?

The RDLC stands for Report Definition Language Client side. Actually It is an extension of report file created by using Microsoft reporting technology. The SQL Server 2005 version of Report Designer is used to create these files. The ReportViewer control in client side can directly execute the RDLC reports.

What programming language is Crystal Reports?

Crystal syntax is the formula language included in all versions of Crystal Reports. If you are familiar with Microsoft Visual Basic or other versions of Basic, then Basic syntax may be more familiar to you.

What is the difference between Crystal Reports and SSRS?

SSRS on the other hand, uses standard SQL queries for record selection. For database connectity, Crystal Reports stores the connection details within the report whereas SSRS introduced the concept of shared datasources between reports.

How do I view reports in Crystal Reports?

Crystal Reports provides two report viewers, one for Windows-based applications and one for web-based applications. As SSRS is essentially an ASP.NET application,users preview SSRS reports in a web browser, using the SSRS report previewer.

What is SSRs and how does it work?

SSRS, being a member of the SQL Server family, is a server based product. The reports reside on the server (the report definition can also be saved locally as an rdlc (XML) document) and all the heavy lifting is done there.

Does SSRs have a keep together property?

SSRS does implement a “Keep Together” property for the rectangle control, as well as a certain level of page control through the use of subreports. A subreport is a report within a report. Typically you build a subreport when you need to display multiple levels of detail data, and/or when you need to display data from multiple data sources.