Jasper Reports Vs BIRT Vs JFree Reports

Hi every one.
I am very new in using reporting tools .I prefer to use some free ware. Can you suggest me which one is better and can you please give some comparision for Jasper reports and JFree Reports , I heard that Jasper reports are slow. Can we do some thing to improve the performance of Jasper Reports,
Thanks in advance for you quice reply

Yes you are right.. Thanks
And there is one more thing I want to know..
I am maintaining all SQL queries in a separate text file so that I can change them any time when needed. I just want to know am I doing right, it this a optmistict way of coding?? I am using my own function to prepare query statements. please check the following and please let me know if I am doing something silly :-)
Query in text file :
select label,control,controlid,valuetypescript,validationscript,style,cssclass,field_id from dynamic_controls where page_id=val0 and portfolio_id=val1
Call to QueryBuilder :
String [] QueryVals={"10",session.getAttribute("portfolioid").toString()};
QueryBuilder(QueryFromFile,QueryVals);
QueryBuilder defination :
public String QueryBuilder(String Query,String[] Val)
for(int indx=Val.length-1; indx>=0;indx--)
Query=Query.replace("val"+indx, Val [indx] );
return Query;
Edited by: 1000588 on Apr 20, 2013 4:54 AM

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