Crviewer and changing database

the tutorial on Adding Ability to Change Database Location at Runtime
says
In this tutorial you will change the name of the Database server, not the name of the Database. It is not possible to change the name of the Database with the CrystalReportViewer control.
since this seemed pretty clear i have not tested it
but
since it does not seem sensible - after all you can change the connection string
i wondered why it said this if not completely true

Correction.
There are a number of ways of handling database connections.
1) CR Viewer SDK. Viewer SDK will only allow you to log on to the connection the report was designed off of. It will not ( as the note says) allow you to "change the name of the Database with the CrystalReportViewer control."
2) CR Engine SDK. This SDK will allow you to change the logon information
3) InProc RAS SDK. This SDK will allow you to change the logon info, change the database driver, add tables, remove tables and more.
One thing to keep in mind; InProc RAS SDK does not ship with any VS bundles. But it does ship with Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2010 and all "stand-alone" versions of CR.
Oh, one more thing. See KB [1553921 - Is there a utility that would help in writing database logon code?|http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/com.sap.km.cm.docs/oss_notes_boj/sdn_oss_boj_bi/sap(bD1lbiZjPTAwMQ==)/bc/bsp/spn/scn_bosap/notes%7B6163636573733d36393736354636443646363436353344333933393338323636393736354637333631373036453646373436353733354636453735364436323635373233443330333033303331333533353333333933323331%7D.do]. It may prove to be quite useful.
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When I run SAP MaxDB Installation Manager and select the instance of database Studio to be uninstallled I am receiving the error:
"ERR: Unhandled Exception: Can't call method: "GenPackageList" on an undefined value at SDB/Install/Gui/Dialogs/SelectInstance.pm line 328"
Any advice is highly appreciated.
Thanks,
Agnieszka

Hello Yashwanth,
thank you for your quick Response.
Yes, I downloaded and installed the 64 bit Version of dbstudio.
I downloaded and ran the following .exe file: maxdb-studio-win-64bit-x86_64-7_9_08_09.exe
I am running the following Java-Version:
Java Plug-in 1.6.0_45
Using JRE version 1.6.0_45-b06 Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM
I myself am not a SAP customer. However, the Company I am working for is a SAP customer.
Can you explain in Detail, how to create a ticket with SAP?
Thanks,
Agnieszka

Log on to remote server and start database -error while installing CI in HA

Hello All,
We are installing ECC 6.0 with High Availability using HP-UX. We have completed installation in ASCS and Database Instance. Now when were trying to install in Central Instance, we encountered an error at Start Instance which informed us to Log on to remote server and start database. However the database is already running in DB node. Please find the log below.
TRACE 2011-06-10 16:31:45.825 [syuxctask.cpp:1382]
 CSyTaskImpl::start(bool)
A child process has been started. Pid = 25742
INFO 2011-06-10 16:31:45.835
 CJSlibModule::writeInfo_impl()
Output of /usr/sap/PE2/SYS/exe/run/startsap all DVEBMGS01 DBMCI001 is written to the logfile start_PE2_DVEBMGS01.log.
WARNING 2011-06-10 16:31:46.345
 CJSlibModule::writeWarning_impl()
Execution of the command "/usr/sap/PE2/SYS/exe/run/startsap all DVEBMGS01 DBMCI001" finished with return code 6. Output:
Database PE2 must be started on remote server
Log on to remote server and start database
WARNING[E] 2011-06-10 16:31:46.355
 CJSlibModule::writeError_impl()
CJS-20022 Could not start instance 'DVEBMGS01' of SAP system PE2.
TRACE 2011-06-10 16:31:46.355 [iaxxejsbas.hpp:408]
 handleException<ESAPinstJSError>()
Converting exception into JS Exception EJSException.
TRACE 2011-06-10 16:31:46.355
Function setMessageIdOfExceptionMessage: ind-rel.ind-os.ind-db.webas.startInstanceFailed
WARNING[E] 2011-06-10 16:31:46.355
 CJSlibModule::writeError_impl()
CJS-20022 Could not start instance 'DVEBMGS01' of SAP system PE2.
TRACE 2011-06-10 16:31:46.355 [iaxxejsbas.hpp:483]
 EJS_Base::dispatchFunctionCall()
JS Callback has thrown unknown exception. Rethrowing.
TRACE 2011-06-10 16:31:46.405 [syuxctask.cpp:1382]
 CSyTaskImpl::start(bool)
A child process has been started. Pid = 25793
ERROR 2011-06-10 16:31:46.525 [sixxcstepexecute.cpp:950]
FCO-00011 The step start with step key |NW_ABAP_CI|ind|ind|ind|ind|0|0|NW_CI_Instance|ind|ind|ind|ind|10|0|NW_CI_Instance_Start|ind|ind|ind|ind|2|0|start was executed with status ERROR .
TRACE 2011-06-10 16:31:46.555 [iaxxgenimp.cpp:752]
 CGuiEngineImp::showMessageBox
<html> <head> </head> <body> An error occurred while processing option SAP ERP 6.0 EHP4 Ready - Support Release 1 > SAP Application Server ABAP > Oracle > High-Availability System > Central Instance . You can now: <ul> <li> Choose Retry to repeat the current step. </li> <li> Choose View Log to get more information about the error. </li> <li> Stop the option and continue with it later. </li> </ul> Log files are written to /tmp/sapinst_instdir/ERPEhP4/AS-ABAP/ORA/HA/CI. </body></html>
TRACE 2011-06-10 16:31:46.555 [iaxxgenimp.cpp:1255]
 CGuiEngineImp::acceptAnswerForBlockingRequest
Waiting for an answer from GUI
Kindly let us know how to rectify the error and prroceed further with the instalaltion.
Thanks
Rishi

Dear Guys,
we didnt change the date and time but i m very sure it is same trans.log file.
for your kind information please note SID and Nodes details
Sid (PE2)
DB Node : DBMDB001
CI Node : DBMCI001
also i am attaching starting part of the file.
4 ETW000 R3trans version 6.14 (release 701 - 26.01.09 - 12:46:00).
4 ETW000 unicode enabled version
4 ETW000 ===============================================
4 ETW000
4 ETW000 date&time : 07.11.2010 - 03:44:06
4 ETW000 control file: <no ctrlfile>
4 ETW000 R3trans was called as follows: R3trans -d
4 ETW000 trace at level 2 opened for a given file pointer
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] Sun Nov 7 03:44:06 2010 295 0.000295
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] db_con_init called 22 0.000317
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] create_con (con_name=R/3) 116 0.000433
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] Loading DB library '/usr/sap/PC1/SYS/exe/run/dboraslib.so' ...
4 ETW000 64 0.000497
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] load shared library (/usr/sap/PC1/SYS/exe/run/dboraslib.so), hdl 0
4 ETW000 32161 0.032658
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] Library '/usr/sap/PC1/SYS/exe/run/dboraslib.so' loaded
4 ETW000 39 0.032697
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] function DbSlExpFuns loaded from library
/usr/sap/PC1/SYS/exe/run/dboraslib.so
4 ETW000 111 0.032808
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] Version of '/usr/sap/PC1/SYS/exe/run/dboraslib.so' is "700.08",
patchlevel (0.25)
4 ETW000 265 0.033073
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] function dsql_db_init loaded from library
/usr/sap/PC1/SYS/exe/run/dboraslib.so
4 ETW000 41 0.033114
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] function dbdd_exp_funs loaded from library
/usr/sap/PC1/SYS/exe/run/dboraslib.so
4 ETW000 82 0.033196
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] New connection 0 created 52 0.033248
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] 0: name = R/3, con_id = -000000001 state = DISCONNECTED, perm = YES,
reco = NO , timeout = 000, con_max = 255, con_opt = 255, occ = NO
4 ETW000 41 0.033289
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] db_con_connect (con_name=R/3) 84 0.033373
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] find_con_by_name found the following connection for reuse:
4 ETW000 31 0.033404
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] 0: name = R/3, con_id = 000000000 state = DISCONNECTED, perm = YES,
reco = NO , timeout = 000, con_max = 255, con_opt = 255, occ = NO
4 ETW000 37 0.033441
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] Oracle Client Version: '10.2.0.4.0' 601 0.034042
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] -->oci_initialize (con_hdl=0) 25 0.034067
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] Client character set UTF16 -> UTF8 35674 0.069741
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] Client NLS setting (OCINlsGetInfo): 'AMERICAN_AMERICA.UTF8'
4 ETW000 57 0.069798
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] Logon as OPS$-user to get SAPSR3's password 55 0.069853
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] Connecting as /@PC1 on connection 0 (nls_hdl 0) ... (dbsl 700
151208)
4 ETW000 34 0.069887
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] Nls CharacterSet NationalCharSet C
EnvHp ErrHp ErrHpBatch
4 ETW000 52 0.069939
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] 0 UTF8 0
0x6000000001052910 0x600000000105a3c0 0x600000000106ab38
4 ETW000 58 0.069997
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] Allocating service context handle for con_hdl=0 40 0.070037
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] Allocating server context handle 27 0.070064
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] Attaching to DB Server PC1
(con_hdl=0,svchp=0x600000000106aa68,srvhp=0x600000000106de78)
4 ETW000 63 0.070127
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] Assigning server context 0x600000000106de78 to service context
0x600000000106aa68
4 ETW000 60612 0.130739
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] Allocating user session handle 97 0.130836
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] Starting user session: OCISessionBegin(con_hdl=0,
usr='/',svchp=0x600000000106aa68, srvhp=0x600000000106de78, usrhp=0x60000000010fc940)
4 ETW000 64 0.130900
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] Assigning user session 0x60000000010fc940 to service context
0x600000000106aa68
4 ETW000 9302 0.140202
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] -->oci_prepare_stmt(con_hdl=0, len=53, stmth_p=0x6000000001077608)
4 ETW000 198 0.140400
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] BEGIN DBMS_APPLICATION_INFO.SET_MODULE(:A0,:A1); END;
4 ETW000 38 0.140438
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] CbApplInfoGet() failed! Ignore, but uninstall callback to avoid more
erroneous calls
4 ETW000 291 0.140729
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] -->oci_prepare_stmt(con_hdl=0, len=54, stmth_p=0x6000000001078660)
4 ETW000 33 0.140762
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] BEGIN DBMS_APPLICATION_INFO.SET_CLIENT_INFO(:A0); END;
4 ETW000 35 0.140797
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] -->oci_prepare_stmt(con_hdl=0, len=0, stmth_p=0x6000000001078660)
4 ETW000 937 0.141734
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] SELECT SID FROM V$MYSTAT WHERE ROWNUM<2
4 ETW000 36 0.141770
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] Connected to session 297. 639 0.142409
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] Now '/@PC1' is connected: con_hdl=0, nls_hdl=0, session_id=297.
4 ETW000 38 0.142447
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] -->oci_prepare_stmt(con_hdl=0, len=0, stmth_p=0x6000000001078660)
4 ETW000 37 0.142484
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] ALTER SESSION SET NLS_SORT = BINARY
4 ETW000 36 0.142520
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] -->oci_prepare_stmt(con_hdl=0, len=0, stmth_p=0x6000000001078660)
4 ETW000 327 0.142847
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] SELECT USERID, PASSWD FROM SAPUSER WHERE USERID IN (:A0, :A1)
4 ETW000 36 0.142883
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] Got SAPSR3's password from OPS$-user 728 0.143611
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] Disconnecting from connection 0 ... 38 0.143649
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] Rolling back transaction ... 31 0.143680
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] Closing user session
(con_hdl=0,svchp=0x600000000106aa68,usrhp=0x60000000010fc940)
4 ETW000 210 0.143890
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] Now I'm disconnected from ORACLE 721 0.144611
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] Connecting as SAPSR3/<pwd>@PC1 on connection 0 (nls_hdl 0) ... (dbsl
700 151208)
4 ETW000 40 0.144651
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] Nls CharacterSet NationalCharSet C
EnvHp ErrHp ErrHpBatch
4 ETW000 37 0.144688
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] 0 UTF8 0
0x6000000001052910 0x600000000105a3c0 0x600000000106ab38
4 ETW000 37 0.144725
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] Assigning username to user session: con_hdl=0,
usrhp=0x60000000010fc940
4 ETW000 35 0.144760
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] Assigning password to user session: con_hdl=0,
usrhp=0x60000000010fc940
4 ETW000 40 0.144800
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] Starting user session: OCISessionBegin(con_hdl=0, usr=SAPSR3/<pwd>,
svchp=0x600000000106aa68, srvhp=0x600000000106de78, usrhp=0x60000000010fc940)
4 ETW000 337 0.145137
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] Assigning user session 0x60000000010fc940 to service context
0x600000000106aa68
4 ETW000 4085 0.149222
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] -->oci_prepare_stmt(con_hdl=0, len=54, stmth_p=0x6000000001077608)
4 ETW000 63 0.149285
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] BEGIN DBMS_APPLICATION_INFO.SET_CLIENT_INFO(:A0); END;
4 ETW000 37 0.149322
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] -->oci_prepare_stmt(con_hdl=0, len=0, stmth_p=0x6000000001077608)
4 ETW000 585 0.149907
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] SELECT SID FROM V$MYSTAT WHERE ROWNUM<2
4 ETW000 36 0.149943
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] Connected to session 297. 350 0.150293
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] Now 'SAPSR3/<pwd>@PC1' is connected: con_hdl=0, nls_hdl=0,
session_id=297.
4 ETW000 38 0.150331
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] -->oci_prepare_stmt(con_hdl=0, len=0, stmth_p=0x6000000001077608)
4 ETW000 38 0.150369
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] ALTER SESSION SET NLS_SORT = BINARY
4 ETW000 34 0.150403
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] -->oci_prepare_stmt(con_hdl=0, len=0, stmth_p=0x6000000001077608)
4 ETW000 294 0.150697
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] SELECT VALUE FROM V$NLS_PARAMETERS WHERE PARAMETER IN
('NLS_LANGUAGE', 'NLS_TERRITORY', 'NLS_CHARACTERSET') ORDER BY PARAM
4 ETW000 66 0.150763
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] ETER
4 ETW000 34 0.150797
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] Database NLS settings: AMERICAN_AMERICA.UTF8 329 0.151126
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] -->oci_prepare_stmt(con_hdl=0, len=0, stmth_p=0x6000000001077608)
4 ETW000 856 0.151982
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] SELECT UPPER(INSTANCE_NAME),HOST_NAME,VERSION,TO_CHAR
(STARTUP_TIME,'MON DD, YYYY, HH24:MI:SS') FROM V$INSTANCE
4 ETW000 36 0.152018
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] DB instance PC1 is running on scmdb001 with ORACLE version
10.2.0.4.0 since NOV 07, 2010, 03:23:10
4 ETW000 349 0.152367
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] -->oci_prepare_stmt(con_hdl=0, len=0, stmth_p=0x6000000001077608)
4 ETW000 38 0.152405
4 ETW000 [dev trc ,00000] SELECT SUBSTR(NAME,1,3), TO_CHAR(CREATED,'YYYYMMDDHHMMSS')
FROM V$DATABASE

Created and changed columns strategy in HtmlDb?

I have two date columns on all my tables created and changed. Created is not null. The columns are maintained by database triggers. I would like for these two columns to be displayed but not changed in a form.
I have tried different ways to do this:
1) Text Field (Disabled, does not save state)
Create works fine but updating gives an error because the created column can not be null.
2) Text Field (Disabled, saves state)
Create works fine but updating gives ORA-01821: date format not recognized. I use a format mask like this: DD.MM.YYYY HH24:MI:SS
3) Date Picker (use application format mask)
Works fine but it ignores my format mask and the user can now change the dates.
Has anybody done this with success? Also it would be nice with a solution that does not involve a lot of code sine I have to do this lots of places :-)

I got pretty much the same as you can se below. It's not a problem with the triggers. But I got it working now with the :new = :old and it don't want to waste more time on this. But thanks a lot for your help!
create or replace trigger tilbud_under_kategori_b_ins_r
before insert on tilbud_under_kategori
for each row
begin
if :new.id is null then
:new.id := util.getSeqNextVal;
end if;
if :new.oprettet_af is null then
:new.oprettet_af := util.getUserName;
end if;
if :new.oprettet_tidspunkt is null then
:new.oprettet_tidspunkt := sysdate;
end if;
end;
create or replace trigger tilbud_under_kategori_b_upd_r
before update on tilbud_under_kategori
for each row
begin
:new.oprettet_af := :old.oprettet_af;
:new.oprettet_tidspunkt := :old.oprettet_tidspunkt;
if :new.opdateret_af is null then
:new.opdateret_af := util.getUserName;
end if;
if :new.opdateret_tidspunkt is null then
:new.opdateret_tidspunkt := sysdate;
end if;
end;
/

Using Coherence and Oracle Database as the CacheStore

We are working on implementing a solution using Coherence and Oracle Database as the CacheStore. We initially implemented the Cache as a distributed-scheme which in turn uses the backing-map-scheme. We are trying to introduce transaction management and I used a scheme-ref in a transactional-scheme to point to an already existing distributed-scheme. However when I bring up the server, my custom coherence-cache-config.xml file is not recognized and Coherence comes up with the default setting. Given below is the snippet of my configuration file.
1) I would like to understand why the below configuration doesn’t work and am I doing it the right way? If not, what is the correct way of doing it?
2) There are a multiple transaction management options given in the documentation. Which are the ones that will work with a distributed-scheme and read-write-backing-map-scheme?
3) If transactional-schemes cannot work with distributed-scheme, what is the best way to have a distributed cache with a oracle database as a cache store?
<caching-scheme-mapping>
<cache-mapping>
<cache-name>id<cache-name>
<scheme-name>example-transactional<scheme-name>
</cache-mapping>
</caching-scheme-mapping>
<caching-schemes>
<transactional-scheme>
<scheme-name>example-transactional</scheme-name>
<scheme-ref>distributedcustomcache</scheme-ref>
<thread-count>10</thread-count>
</transactional-scheme>
<distributed-scheme>
<scheme-name>distributedcustomcache</scheme-name>
<service-name>DistributedCache</service-name>
<backing-map-scheme>
<read-write-backing-map-scheme>
<internal-cache-scheme>
<local-scheme>

<scheme-name>inMemory</scheme-name>
</local-scheme>
</internal-cache-scheme>
<cachestore-scheme>
<class-scheme>
<class-name>spring-bean:coherenceCacheStore</class-name>
<init-params>
<init-param>
<param-name>setEntityName</param-name>
<param-value>{cache-name}</param-value>
</init-param>
</init-params>
</class-scheme>
</cachestore-scheme>

</read-write-backing-map-scheme>
</backing-map-scheme>
<autostart>true</autostart>
</distributed-scheme>

Hi,
If you look at the documentation for transactional-scheme here: http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E24290_01/coh.371/e22837/appendix_cacheconfig.htm#BHCIABHA
you will see that it says The transactional-scheme element defines a transactional cache, which is a specialized distributed cache. That means that a transactional-scheme is already a distributed-scheme.
You will see from the same documentation above that there is no way in a transactional-scheme to configure things like cache-stores or listeners or even the backing-map-scheme as these are not supported on a transactional-scheme - so you cannot use a cache store.
Personally I would not use transactional-scheme unless you have some really big reason to do so - the restrictions far outweigh any perceived advantage of having a transaction. There are better ways to build applications so they do not require transactions, that is what we have been doing for years with Coherence so far, and there is no real reason to change that.
JK

Stop and start database for cold backup

Hi,
Database :Oracle 10g R1
OS : Red hat 3
I have a RAC database with 2 nodes.
I build this script to make a cold backup of the database. (I will put it in the cron tab).
My question is the SRVCTL will work in this scripts??
# ***** COLDBACKUP ORACLE DATABASE ON LINUX *****
DIRECTORY=/u02/backup/script/; export DIRECTORY
cd ${DIRECTORY}
# ***** SHUTDOWN THE DATABASE *******
export oracle_sid=RCDB
srvctl stop database -d RCDB
# *****cold backup for "RCDB" database on 13-FEB-07 ... *****
# ***** COPY FILES *****
# Redo logs
cp /u02/oradata/RCDB/redo01.log ${DIRECTORY}
cp /u02/oradata/RCDB/redo07.log ${DIRECTORY}
cp /u02/oradata/RCDB/redo03.log ${DIRECTORY}
cp /u02/oradata/RCDB/redo08.log ${DIRECTORY}
# Datafiles
#*********START UP DATABASE AND SERVICES********
srvctl start database -d RCDB
exit
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ASkika
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ASkika

I need to put a quick policy backup ... and cold
backup it's what I use and it works.And reduces the availability of your cluster.
The problem about RMAN is that we never use it. I
have to learn about it to make scripts to test....
and this will tack me 2 or 3 days...I'd assume that installing RAC didn't go overnight, so why underfund the crucial part of any database system, the backup?
There's even a step by step guide for backup on the Getting Started: DBAs page.
Samples (and changes) on the latest version of RMAN can be found for example in RMAN Enhancements.
Or take a look at this Oracle Magazine article:Faster Backup, Faster Recovery
Backup and Recovery Basics in the user documentation may also be a good starting point.
C.

Changing Database connection at runtime in CR2008

Hi,
I have a VS2008 application which is using CR2008 to generate pdf reports for the user. Problem is I am not able to change the database connection to any server other than the one that was used to create the report template.
My environment has CR2008 SP2. I have tried reports with no paramter as well as the ones with parameters both dont seem to work.
I have already tried a couple of things:
a) report document refresh after loading it
b) setting the database connection as
this._crReport.DataSourceConnections[0].SetConnection(dbServerName, dbName, dbUserId, dbPwd);
c) setting the database connection as
tbls = this._crReport.Database.Tables;
                bool test = false;
                foreach (Table tbl in tbls)
                    tblLogonInfo = tbl.LogOnInfo;
                    tblLogonInfo.ConnectionInfo = connInfo;
                    tbl.ApplyLogOnInfo(tblLogonInfo);
                    test = tbl.TestConnectivity(); ** note this alwys return a true for the changed database server
I have read a couple of thread but none has worked for me...Is this a known issue with CR2008?
Thanks
Kajal

Hi Kajal,
I am assuming that you are not changing the schema of the report at any point of time. I would suggest you to try pointing to the other database through designer to make sure that you can hit the database and the schema is correct. You can also create a udl file to check the database connectivity.
Then just for testing purpose you can try the following code:
ReportDocument reportDoc = new ReportDocument();
reportDoc.Load("path of the report");
reportDoc.SetDatbaseLocation("uid","pwd","Servername","tablename");
reportDoc.SetParameterValues("Parameter-Name","values");
CrystalReportViewer.ReportSoure=reportDoc;
Does that help?
Thanks.

Issue with changing database location at runtime

I am having a similar issue to:
Re: Issue with changing database location at runtime
where I am using Crystal Reports 2008 SP 3 fix pack 3.3 and a OLE DB connection to a SQL 2008 R2 server. Running on a computer on the network where the report can see the original development server is fast, other computers where that server is not available are hanging 20 seconds before coming up.
I am using the same code from the Crystal Sample app to change the connection on each table. I found that the slowness comes the first time the ReportDocument object is accessed to get the collection of database tables, before the connection info is set.
Fix pack 3.4 was mentioned in that post. Does fix pack 3.4 fix that issue? I don't see fix pack 3.4 on the downloads page (https://websmp130.sap-ag.de/sap%28bD1lbiZjPTAwMQ==%29/bc/bsp/spn/bobj_download/main.htm)

I just found on the reports that were having the issue there was a SQL Expression. Per this thread:
Re: Report load is slow after changing database servers
There was an issue with that and the fix is not out til the end of Feb so I found a way not to use the SQL Expression and the speed is much better.
However, your information provided led me to this post:
Cannot Change Table Location, but Only for One Report
And I am also experiencing an issue where the table location is not changing on one subreport and I will look into that as a possible solution.
Thanks so much for your help.

Changing database location per Table at runtime is extremely slow in viewer

We are using the Crystal Reports 2008sp2 Viewer in windows forms .NET
application to display various reports based on a Pervasive database. The
C# code dynamically changes the database table locations at run time. The
location needs to be set for each table since the location may be different
for each table in the report.
We have tried to methods to change the location.
1) Set the Table.Location property in the ReportDocument.Database.Tables
collection.
foreach (Table table in rd.Database.Tables)
Table.Location = "New Path";
2) Set the TableLogOnInfo properties.
      TableLogOnInfo logonInfo = new TableLogOnInfo();
      logonInfo = table.LogOnInfo;
      logonInfo.ConnectionInfo.ServerName = dataPath;
      logonInfo.ConnectionInfo.LogonProperties[0] = new NameValuePair2("Data
File", dataPath);
      logonInfo.ConnectionInfo.LogonProperties[0] = new NameValuePair2("Data
File Search Path", path);
      table.ApplyLogOnInfo(logonInfo);
Both of these methods work, but have extremely slow performance. Both
methods take between 2 and 3 seconds to execute per table. Since many of
our reports have 20 - 30 table references ( sometimes more ), this can add
an additional 1-2 minutes to the display of a report.
It seems that the Crystal viewer object is doing some sort of verification
every time the database location is changed. We have noted that as the
location is changed, the database is being accessed by the viewer. Please
advise as to how to stop this behavior. Is there a way to set the location
without the viewer verifying the change?
This problem is turning reports that run in the 2008 Report Designer in 3 seconds into reports that take
many minutes to run. We will hear nothing but screaming from our 300 customers.
Thanks for any help.
Bill Smith

Hello,
I have a very similar issue but with Crystal XI and XI R2.
I'm using Oracle 10g, and changing a couple of properties using the following sequence for each table to change the login information and the table's current view (each view is a portion of the overall table):
IDatabaseTablePtr table = tables->GetItem(tableN);
table->SetLogOnInfo(TheApp.GetDataSource(), TheApp.GetDatabase(), userID, pwd);
char tableLocation[201];
char tempTable[201], newTable[201];
strcpy(tableLocation, table->GetLocation());
// make new table name, put into newTable
table->PutLocation(newTable);
if (!table->TestConnectivity())
ShowCrystalRE_Error(job);
Stepping through in my debugger, the SetLogOnInfo seems very quick, it's the PutLocation( ) that seems to be taking alot of time.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
This is extremely fast on SQL Server, only noticeably slow on Oracle.

BPM and Change Management Process

Hi,
We have a requirement to automate the change management process. Typical functionality needed is - input the change required, assign priority, organise risk assessment, change approvals, change implementation, send automatic emails to managers etc.
Is BPM a best fit to this kind of Change Management Process?
Thanks
Srikanth

Hi Srikanth,
It's a good question and I hope this helps.
My short answer is that "it depends...".
Yes, an Oracle BPM process will let your users enter the change required, assign priority, define the change approvals, and send automatically send emails to managers.
Not saying that this is the case here, but sometimes people confuse an application with what BPM does with a process. Ask yourself if your candidate process for BPM has one or more of these characteristics:
Workflow - are there multiple people involved in the editing and approvals over some period of time?
Documentation - as work flows through the process, will you need to gather requirements / documents and associate these with the instance?
Seamless integration - are there systems and or databases involved that you need to integrate into the process?
Efficiency - do you want to ensure that your process continues to flow and escalates when a work item sits too long in someone's queue?
Governance - do you need to have an audit trail of the various people who were involved as a work item instance (a change approval in your case) flowed through the process?
Compliance - do you need to have the change management instances go through a process in a consistent and well documented manner?
Visibility - do you need to gather key performance indicators as instances flow through the process and do managers need to track these in business activity monitoring reports?
Hope this helps,
Dan

Crviewer and changing database

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