No data in Crystal report from SProc

Question

Hi,
I have a SProc with 10 temporary tables.
The first temp table has a @StartDate and @EndDate as parameters. The data from each table flows to the next table and so on of the single SProc.
The 10th table has the data which are required on Crystal Report (CR).
I have chosen the SProc as the only data source on CR. When I refresh the CR, the CR is blank. However, when I execute the SProc in SQL with the parameters, I get all the rows in the results correctly.
[SProc] '20101001', '20101031'
What should I do to get the result data in CR too?
Thanks,
Ajay Audich

Answer 1

Ajay,
The only way I can see this working is to have the final SP populate a "Global" temp table, so that it's available to other processes.
You could then write a Command that looks something like this...
EXEC FirstSP ('{?BeginDate}', '{?EndDate}');
SELECT * FROM ##Temp;
This is just a theory, but it may be worth testing.
To create a global temp table in SQL Server, simply use two #'s instead of 1 (CREATE TABLE ##Temp).
If you aren't using SQL Server, a little Google searching should find you the equivalent for your database.
Greg's idea will also work... If you are allowed to add an actual table to your database. If not the Global should work.
HTH,
Jason
Edited by: Jason Long on Nov 22, 2010 9:37 AM