Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 004.36 EAN: 9780321268280 ISBN: 0321268288 Label: Addison-Wesley Professional Manufacturer: Addison-Wesley Professional Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 784 Publication Date: October 11, 2004 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Sales Rank: 348755 Studio: Addison-Wesley Professional
Product Description'Bill Vaughn and Peter Blackburn have created a masterful work of Reporting Services documentation, which includes tips, tricks, and product insights that you just won't find anywhere else.' --Bryan Keller, Programmer-Writer, SQL Server Reporting Services, Microsoft Corporation 'An insightful, informative, and sometimes irreverent look into the world of Reporting Services, Hitchhiker's Guide to SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services provides plenty of walk-throughs, examples, tips, and tricks to help you get the most out of the product. Peter and Bill take you step by step through the various features of Reporting Services, pointing out pitfalls and best practices along the way. An excellent addition to any Reporting Services library.' --Michelle Larez, Technical Writer, SQL Server Reporting Services, Microsoft Corporation 'Although it is called Hitchhiker's Guide to SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services, I like to think of it in more of a movie context as Bill and Peter's Excellent Adventure. Get ready for a totally excellent quest to get the most out of your SQL Server Reporting Services deployment.'--Brian Welcker, Group Program Manager, SQL Server Reporting Services, Microsoft Corporation 'Microsoft Reporting Services for SQL Server 2000 is easily the best product for solving customers' reporting requirements since Access 1. 0 in 1992. It's simple to use, powerful, and nothing comes close when it comes to producing reports for the web. Bill Vaughn and Peter Blackburn have put together a comprehensive resource that fills a big void in the developer market on this topic.' --Adam Cogan, Chief Architect, Microsoft Regional Director, Superior Software for Windows (SSW) 'Chapter 9 provides a great explanation of code access security issues and procedures! Easy to read--contains a lot of useful info and no water.' --Alexandre Mineev, Software Design Engineer, SQL Server Reporting Services, Microsoft Corporation 'I got to know Peter and Bill in the early beta stages of SQL Server Reporting Services, where they were among the most prolific participants. This book reflects their passion for this product, their drive to go beneath the surface and understand its inner workings and its architecture.'--Tudor Trufinescu, Development Lead, SQL Server Reporting Services, Microsoft Corporation 'The ultimate resource for both DBAs and developers on SQL Server Reporting Services; this book and DVD will guide you from installation, security, report design, and deployment to developing extensions. ' --Gert E.R. Drapers, Software Architect, SQL Server Development, Microsoft Corporation SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services streamlines the process of extricating meaningful reports from your data sources. Hitchhiker's Guide to SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services picks up where the Microsoft documentation leaves off, providing report developers, database administrators, application developers, their managers, and report users with invaluable inside information on the workings of Reporting Services. Written on the final product release, with input from the Microsoft Reporting Services Development Team, this book offers an authoritative yet independent look at the technology.The authors--both Microsoft MVPs who've worked with the Development Team since the beginning--reveal hidden problems and workarounds as they steer you through each step in report installation, management, security, creation, and programming. You can start setting up simple single-server installations or web farms right away while gaining an in-depth understanding of every Reporting Services feature. The special companion DVD includes narrated Camtasia video demonstrations that show you how to safely navigate the trickier parts of this technology. The DVD also includes the evaluation version of Reporting Services, Books OnLine documentation refresh kit, Service Pack 1, code samples, and much more. A special website provides book and technology updates, as well as new templates and add-ins. Readers also receive six months of free access to a Premium Content area, which includes a private newsgroup, discussion groups, and technical support.Key topic coverage includes: *Reporting Services basics, including the Report Designer and Report Manager *Data Source, data, and report security, including Code Access Security *Solving installation, design, configuration, security, and subscription problems *Report scripting and using the SOAP interface *How to customize the Report Manager and Report Designer *How to create Custom Data Processing extensions *Up-to-the-minute tips, fixes, and workarounds Insightful, fast-paced, and fun, Hitchhiker's Guide to SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services is your inside guide to getting the most from Reporting Services. 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Customer Reviews
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Rating: - SQL RS Beyond the basics (and some basics too)
If you're a moderately skilled programmer, a self-learner, and you want to get beyond just "getting started" deploying and using Sql Server 2000 Reporting Services, this is the book for you.
I especially found the chapters on customized set up extremely helpful. The installation wizard doesn't offer a whole lot of options, and most of teh time you don't know fully how you want to configure it until you've tried it out. You'll get some good starters on rconfiguring your installation here. ... Read More
Rating: - Excellent and surprisingly good.
For a total beginner (which I definately was) this is a FANTASTIC introduction to Reporting Services. Three months after starting my first job as a programmer straight out of University, and now I'm the main person in the firm with Reporting Services knowledge - and it's all thanks to this book.
The writing style is actually excellent for beginners, as I was terrified by the prospect of reading such a mammoth. But these guys make it fun and interesting to read (right down to the jokes and ... Read More
Rating: - Good for developers
This book has been written from a VB programmers point of view. If you want to just start creating reports or if you're not a VB programmer (ie DBA etc) you may find this hard work.As another reviewer mentioned, you may find the authors' jokes and writing style to be a hit and miss affair.
Nevertheless, there is some depth on Reporting Services not to be found elsewhere that is quite handy.
Rating: - Let's be realistic
Now that all the friends and family have promoted the book...
In order to understand something new, we all must relate that which we're learning to that which we already know.
Pete and Bill have a difficult time transitioning from campy comedians to thoughtful educators. To this extent, their writing style lacks any useful analogies whatsoever which might bridge the gap between the known and the unknown.
The book is full of droll and distracting fantasy references which ... Read More
Rating: - Good Book on Reporting services
I really the beginning part on the setup and installation of the reporting services themselves. At my firm we needed to set up a seperate server for this purpose and the IT group was swamped with another project and this helped a great deal. I still am workign on development but the book has been very usefula and easy to understand.
- Good for developers
- Let's be realistic
