RE: ODBC Parameter Passing for Reporting Services

["John Taylor" <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-
> bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Salter, James
> I am running into some problems trying to create parameters for
> Reporting Services.
>
> My SQL statement looks something like this - select ... from .... where
> item = ?
>
> This does create a Parameter called Parameter1, however how do you code
> it to get all possible values for all items?
>
> I can use the "LIKE %" syntax, however this does not really give me the
> chance to enter and retrieve an exact value.

I don't understand what you are trying to do. Are you trying to create a
drop-down list parameter of all possible values, or are you trying to create
a parameter that allows a specific item number or blanks for "all" products?

> Not surprisingly, Microsoft really doesn't support ODBC as well as they
> should.


Why aren't you using the IBM .NET provider?



> Also, if you have any tricks for converting the DateTime parameter to
> MMDDYY or CCYYMMDD formats, feel free to include these as well.

Don't convert DateTime to match the database column. Do it the other way
around. You can use the SQL DATE() function to convert your CCYYMMDD field
to a true date field that will allow a direct comparison against DateTime.