Oracle 9.2.0.5 and Crystal Reports 10

Question

I'm using a Windows XP machine as my client operating system.
When trying to create a report with more than one table in Crystal. The section where I would "link" the tables together, "hangs"... I have to kill the whole application in order to get out of it...
Oracle 8 databases seem to work fine.
Has anybody else ran into this problem? Any more info would be greatly appreciated...
Thanks,
Marcia

Answer 1

Hi Marcia,
I don't know why the SQL painter would hang in Crystal 10. I have found it too awkward and limiting to use. I use stored procedures for the source data for each report. This gives you the power of PL/SQL and the potential for lots of code reuse to extract your result set for the report. For example:
create or replace procedure p_myreportdata
(< your input parameters if any would be here >
,rs_rpt_data out sys_refcursor)
as
begin
open rs_rpt_data for
select <column list>
from <tables>
where < your filter using input parameters here >;
end p_myreportdata;
Use the Databaes > Verify Database function in Crystal anytime the procedure changes to pick up or remove fields or parameters.
Hope that helps!