Auto display Datasource Location

Post Author: gronkette
CA Forum: Crystal Reports
Is there a way to auto display the database name and table name associated with a report? A formula or field that can be added to a report?
thanks,
Julie

Post Author: foghat
CA Forum: Crystal Reports
displaying the database name sure would be handy. As far as I can tell there is no way to do it from within a crystal field. Would like to be proven wrong though.However, if you happen to be using Oracle, you can create a command with the following query:SELECT global_nameFROM GLOBAL_NAMEadd global_name to your report footer or wherever you want the database name. As far as adding the table(s) used, not sure about that - it probably wouldn't be a terrible thing if you hard coded the table names in a text field, as they likely won't change very often.

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Post Author: Jamal
CA Forum: Semantic Layer and Data Connectivity
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