Crystal Reports 10 Datasource Location and SQL Query update

I am running Crystal Reports 10 accessing SQL Server 2008 database on Windows 7. Our product changed database names and I'm trying to update reports to point to the new database. Sounds nice and simple. The database has no structure changes yet, it's just a copy and rename of the old database. Both databases exist, same SQL instance, same permissions, etc. ...
Existing working report:
   Has an ODBC (RDO) location to database DbVersion1
   If I run Show SQL Query, the database name is in the query text (i.e. FROM DbVersion1.dbo.MyTable)
Attempted:
   In Set Database Location popup, I created a new ODBC (RDO) connection to database DbVersion2
   Updated Current Data Source for report to this new ODBC (RDO) connection.
   Ran Verify Database. Popup stated "The database is up to date."
But when I run "Show SQL Query", is still shows DbVersion1 in the text, and the report displays data from DbVerison1. When I display the Datasource Location for the report, it shows DbVersion2 as I changed to above. How do I "refresh" the SQL Query to recognize the new Datasource Location?
Thanks,
Gary

Hi Gary,
A possible couple of issues, CR 10 doesn't support SQL Server 2008 and it doesn't support Windows 7. We had to update CR XI R2 SP 6 and above to make SQL 2008 work. MS changed the name of their client dll so CR is not aware of the new drivers.
MDAC native driver may work but not sure....
Try OLE DB, it may work better.
Thanks
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