| ODBC is a solid database interface. These days Microsoft pushes OLEDB. YOu can use both with .NET. You can do the Windows app or a Web page (ASP.NET). I've got an ASP.NET sit that uses Crystal. The website is nice because you don't have to push a bunch of stuff out to users. Also I like to pass a Dataview to crystal rather than letting crystal query the db. Might just be a personal preference, but it's worked fine for me. The downside to the web app is that you've got to push down a PDF of the report for printing.
Good luck making your decision. |