Crystal Reports 9 Conecting to sql server DSN asking for username and password

here is a copy of my viewer code It is ASP connection to Crystal Reports 9 and a SQL Severr 2000 database

<%@ Language=VBScript %>
<%

'Create the Report Viewer object
'Set HTMLViewer = CreateObject("CrystalReports.CrystalReportViewer")
Set HTMLViewer = Session("ObjFactory").CreateObject("CrystalReports.CrystalReportInteractiveViewer")
Set rptAppSession = Session("ObjFactory").CreateObject("CrystalReports.ReportAppSession")
    rptAppSession.Initialize
    If Err.Number <> 0 Then
        Response.Write "Failed to initialize ReportAppSession."
        Response.Write "Error message: " & Err.Description
        Err.Clear
    End If
Set OpenReport = rptAppSession.CreateService("CrystalClientDoc.ReportClientDocument")
'Supply the viewer with information it needs and set any viewer attributes
With HTMLViewer
    .ReportSource = Session("pathReport")
    .IsOwnPage = True
    .IsEnableDrillDown = True
    .IsDisplayGroupTree = False
End With

'Check that ParamCollection is not null or empty
If Session("ParamCollection").Count > 0 Then
    HTMLViewer.ParameterFields = Session("ParamCollection")
End If

'Display the report in the viewer
HTMLViewer.ProcessHttpRequest Request, Response
%>

the report needs to be logged on at the database unless you are using nt authentication for sql server? Try executing tthe Logon command after instantiating the report object. I am not too familiar with ras asp but this seems to be missing in your extract?

Session("pathReport").DatabaseController.Logon "user", "password"

There are more samples in here, with a lot of info on database logon
http://support.crystaldecisions.com/communityCS/TechnicalPapers/apps_ras.pdf

Also make sure that the server has a System DSN, not a User DSN

try it..iam a new to this..but trying to provide based on the thing i infered from u r ques

using
<appSettings>
        <add key="ConnectionString" value="Data Source=dsnname;Initial Catalog=;User ID=id;password=password;"/>
 </appSettings>


and call it when req..

what does the Session("pathReport") contain? Just the report path as a String, ie "C:\report.rpt" ?

There are two files that get called when linking to the report.  This is the first

<%
'===================================================================================
' Creation Date: July 2003
' Author: ES
' Purpose: This sample ASP application demonstrates how to use the Report Application
'          Server (RAS) Viewer SDK to pass values to discrete report parameters.
'===================================================================================

'Specify the report to be opened
'reportname = "SimpleParameters.rpt"
reportname = request.QueryString("ReportName")
'Use this object to create other RAS objects
Set Session("ObjFactory") = CreateObject("CrystalReports.ObjectFactory.2")

'This "While/Wend" loop is used to determine the physical path (eg: C:\) to the
'Crystal Report file by translating the URL virtual path (eg: http://Domain/Dir)  
Path = Request.ServerVariables("PATH_TRANSLATED")                    
While (Right(Path, 1) <> "\" And Len(Path) <> 0)                      
      iLen = Len(Path) - 1                                                  
      Path = Left(Path, iLen)                                              
Wend      

'Store the Path and report into a session variable as it will be used by the viewer code
Session("pathReport") = Path & reportname

'The ServerControl object provides us with an interface to a variety of RAS Services
Set oServerControl = Session("ObjFactory").CreateObject("CrystalReports.CrystalReportServerControl")

'We need to open the report for modification (in this case passing parameters)
oServerControl.reportSource = Session("pathReport")
oServerControl.processHttpRequest Request, Response, Null

'Retrieve all the parameters from the report
Set ParamCollection = oServerControl.ParameterFields

'This subroutine expects two values, the parameter name and its value
Sub PassParameter(strParamName, ParamValue)

   'determine the index value of the parameter in the collection
   paramIndex = ParamCollection.Find(strParamName, 0)
   
   'add a current value to the parameter
   ParamCollection.Item(paramIndex).CurrentValues.Add ParamValue

End Sub      

'Pass parameters to the report using the PassParameter subroutine
'This will also work for multi-value discreet parameters
'PassParameter "StringParam", CStr("I am a string")
'PassParameter "StringParam", CStr("I am also a string")
'PassParameter "NumberParam", CInt("123")
'PassParameter "CurrencyParam", CDbl("321.123")
'PassParameter "BooleanParam", CBool("True")
'PassParameter "DateParam", CDate("2001/Jan/02")
'PassParameter "TimeParam", CDate("3:45:00 PM")
'PassParameter "DateTimeParam", CDate("2001/Jan/02 3:45:00 PM")
'PassParameter "res_id", 725
For each item in Request.QueryString
'response.write item & "********" &  Request.QueryString(item) & "<br>"
if item <> "ReportName" then
    response.write item & ": " & CStr(Request.QueryString(item)) & "<br>"
    PassParameter item, CStr(Request.QueryString(item))
end if
next

'Store the modified collection of parameters in session as it is used by the viewer code
Set Session("ParamCollection") = ParamCollection

'Redirect to viewer code
Response.Redirect "CrystalReportViewer.asp"

%>
As you can see this redirects to the Viewer the code for that is

<%@ Language=VBScript %>
<%

'Create the Report Viewer object
'Set HTMLViewer = CreateObject("CrystalReports.CrystalReportViewer")
Set HTMLViewer = Session("ObjFactory").CreateObject("CrystalReports.CrystalReportInteractiveViewer")
Set rptAppSession = Session("ObjFactory").CreateObject("CrystalReports.ReportAppSession")
    rptAppSession.Initialize
    If Err.Number <> 0 Then
        Response.Write "Failed to initialize ReportAppSession."
        Response.Write "Error message: " & Err.Description
        Err.Clear
    End If                                                        
Set OpenReport = rptAppSession.CreateService("CrystalClientDoc.ReportClientDocument")

'Supply the viewer with information it needs and set any viewer attributes
With HTMLViewer
    .ReportSource = Session("pathReport")
    .IsOwnPage = True
    .IsEnableDrillDown = True
    .IsDisplayGroupTree = False
End With

'Check that ParamCollection is not null or empty
If Session("ParamCollection").Count > 0 Then
    HTMLViewer.ParameterFields = Session("ParamCollection")
End If

'Display the report in the viewer
HTMLViewer.ProcessHttpRequest Request, Response

%>

vairavamuthu,

I don't understand what you are refering to

why not set user/password in Crystal Enterprise 9's management Console!

here is the pop up I am getting.  The only software I have running on the server is RAS  My users are getting anoyed and I don't know what to do

The report you requested requires further information.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Database Logon
 
Server Description dbName
Database Type ODBC (RDO)
User Id  
Password  
 
 


 

this should solve it, i take you are using the eportfolio lite
http://support.businessobjects.com/library/kbase/articles/c2013600.asp

I am not using eportfolio light.  I am just using the viewers from an asp page.  The entire code for my asp pages is includeded above.  According to your documentation link it says to change a specific line in my code.  My code does not contain that line.  

I got the latest sample files from Crystal and everything was resolved using these updated files.