New u201CData Connectivity u2013 Crystal Reportsu201D forum

Dear Users,
Current Crystal Reports Design forum reached almost 14 thousands threads and it became difficult to search, explore as well as to moderate.
Some of you suggested branching out some subjects like Crystal Reports connectivity, Charts, Crosstabs, etc. After long moderators discussions we decided to start with Database Connectivity issues and new u201CData Connectivity u2013 Crystal Reportsu201D forum
has been created to cover all problems/issues/questions related to reports connectivity, drivers, login errors, connection testing, etc.
From now on, please, use new forum to post your relevant questions.
It will take a while to move all relevant historical threads from current Crystal Reports Design to Data Connectivity u2013 Crystal Reports as moderators have to identify and move manually about 20% out of 14 thousands existing threads.
Feel free to reply to this message if you have any concerns, suggestions or relevant questions.
Regards,
Crystal Reports Design Forum Moderators.

Hi,
Yes, i strongly agree to put those threads into different categories like data connectivity, driver, etc for easy and fast searching. Below is my suggested categories:
1. Data connectivity(MS SQL, Oracle, Object class, etc.)
2. Report design/format issue
3. Programming interface (,net, Java, etc)
Zhang Lan

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