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I knew that I'm asking what is the disadvantages?
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I knew that I'm asking what is the disadvantages?

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What would you be comparing it to?
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Hi,<br />
Can some one mention why ODBC is not good for using Excel, <br />
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I need to recommend to use our collegue's to use MS report Builder and use Dataware house ,<br />
for that i have to give proper reasons with exaple, Can some help me for this. Thanks
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Hi,
Can some one mention why ODBC is not good for using Excel, 

I need to recommend to use our collegue's to use MS report Builder and use Dataware house ,
for that i have to give proper reasons with exaple, Can some help me for this. Thanks

Odbc issue

SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) is a server-based report generation software system from Microsoft. It can prepare and deliver a variety of interactive and printed reports and is administered via a web interface or its web service. Its web services interface also supports the development of custom reporting applications. Finally, SSRS can also be integrated with SharePoint. SSRS competes with other business intelligence tools, most prominently Crystal Reports.

SSRS

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning. Major improvements include the  Always On technologies and support for unstructured data types.

Microsoft SQL Server 2008

A database report is the formatted result of database queries and contains useful data for decision-making and analysis. Most good business applications contain a built-in reporting tool; this is simply a front-end interface that calls or runs back-end database queries that are formatted for easy application usage.