Jdbc Connection And Crystal Reports

Question

Hi there;
   A tipical jdbc connection , that i found in my "googles" was something like this;
      PropertyBag connInfoProperties = new PropertyBag();
      connInfoProperties.putBooleanValue("Trusted_Connection", false);
      connInfoProperties.put("PreQEServerName", SERVICE);
      connInfoProperties.put("Server Type", "Oracle Server");
      connInfoProperties.put("Database DLL", "crdb_oracle.dll");
      connInfoProperties.put("ServerName", "");
      connInfoProperties.put("Server", SERVICE);
   And so - one .....
But What I'm looking for is some thing is about passing one connection aready stabilished ; I mean , I want to prepare my connection envirorment before I pass it to crystal;
Some thing like this connection "getConnection" result function; how can i pass it into crystal report?
final class GetConnection {
  /** Uses JNDI and Datasource (preferred style).   */
  static Connection getJNDIConnection(){
    String DATASOURCE_CONTEXT = "java:comp/env/jdbc/blah";
    Connection result = null;
    try {
      Context initialContext = new InitialContext();
      if ( initialContext == null){
        log("JNDI problem. Cannot get InitialContext.");
      DataSource datasource = (DataSource)initialContext.lookup(DATASOURCE_CONTEXT);
      if (datasource != null) {
        result = datasource.getConnection();
      else {
        log("Failed to lookup datasource.");
    catch ( NamingException ex ) {
      log("Cannot get connection: " + ex);
    catch(SQLException ex){
      log("Cannot get connection: " + ex);
    return result;

Answer 1

//boMainPropertyBag: These hold the attributes of the tables ConnectionInfo object
            PropertyBag boMainPropertyBag = new PropertyBag();
            //boInnerPropertyBag: These hold the attributes for the QE_LogonProperties
            //In the main property bag (boMainPropertyBag)
            PropertyBag boInnerPropertyBag = new PropertyBag();
            //Set the attributes for the boInnerPropertyBag
            boInnerPropertyBag.Add("File Path ", @"C:\CrystalReports\sc.xml");
            boInnerPropertyBag.Add("Internal Connection ID", "{680eee31-a16e-4f48-8efa-8765193dccdd}");
            //Set the attributes for the boMainPropertyBag
            boMainPropertyBag.Add("Database DLL", "crdb_adoplus.dll");
            boMainPropertyBag.Add("QE_DatabaseName", "");
            boMainPropertyBag.Add("QE_DatabaseType", "");
            //Add the QE_LogonProperties we set in the boInnerPropertyBag Object
            boMainPropertyBag.Add("QE_LogonProperties", boInnerPropertyBag);
            boMainPropertyBag.Add("QE_ServerDescription", "NewDataSet");
            boMainPropertyBag.Add("QE_SQLDB", "False");
            boMainPropertyBag.Add("SSO Enabled", "False");
            //Create a new ConnectionInfo object
            CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.DataDefModel.ConnectionInfo boConnectionInfo =
            new CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.DataDefModel.ConnectionInfo();
            //Pass the database properties to a connection info object
            boConnectionInfo.Attributes = boMainPropertyBag;
            //Set the connection kind
            boConnectionInfo.Kind = CrConnectionInfoKindEnum.crConnectionInfoKindCRQE;
            //*EDIT* Set the User Name and Password if required.
            boConnectionInfo.UserName = "";
            boConnectionInfo.Password = "";
            //Pass the connection information to the table
            boTable.ConnectionInfo = boConnectionInfo;
            //Get the Database Tables Collection for your report
            CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.DataDefModel.Tables boTables;
            boTables = rptClientDoc.DatabaseController.Database.Tables;
            //For each table in the report:
            // - Set the Table Name properties.
            // - Set the table location in the report to use the new modified table
            boTable.Name = "Orders";
            boTable.QualifiedName = "Orders";
            boTable.Alias = "Orders";
            rptClientDoc.DatabaseController.SetTableLocation(boTables[0], boTable);
            //Verify the database after adding substituting the new table.
            //To ensure that the table updates properly when adding Command tables or Stored Procedures.
            rptClientDoc.VerifyDatabase();
            MessageBox.Show("Data Source Set", "RAS", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Information);
You'll have to adjust for your driver.
Thank you
Don