multiple items

the key is in your post above my first post where you ask "how can I build UI
for it" - that is the key - you have to build your own custom user interface
for the report parameters. Instead of using a drop down list to display the
allowable parameter values, use a list box, which supports selecting of
multiple values. You have to go the route of using the web services, not url
access (for my solution) - which direction are you currently headed?
It is a lot of work to create the custom ui, but it does give you the
ability to pass multiple values into a stored procedure and use dynamic SQL
to fuel the dataset for the report.
I hope this helps,Actually you could still use the URL approach and code a function that parses
your parameter string. Simply encode a delimiter between the multi-select
values and use a UDF to parse the parameter in your stored procedure. Unless
the URL will be too large to pass.
--
Keith Powers, MCDBA
"Myles" wrote:
> the key is in your post above my first post where you ask "how can I build UI
> for it" - that is the key - you have to build your own custom user interface
> for the report parameters. Instead of using a drop down list to display the
> allowable parameter values, use a list box, which supports selecting of
> multiple values. You have to go the route of using the web services, not url
> access (for my solution) - which direction are you currently headed?
> It is a lot of work to create the custom ui, but it does give you the
> ability to pass multiple values into a stored procedure and use dynamic SQL
> to fuel the dataset for the report.
>
> I hope this helps,
>|||thanks Keith - would you be able to cut and paste your response into the
correct thread for mvp? I somehow posted this to the wrong area (oops!) The
correct post is 'Select Multiple Items from the Drop Down' - a couple of
threads below.
I was just trying to explain how we did it, but you are entirely correct.
"Keith Powers" wrote:
> Actually you could still use the URL approach and code a function that parses
> your parameter string. Simply encode a delimiter between the multi-select
> values and use a UDF to parse the parameter in your stored procedure. Unless
> the URL will be too large to pass.
> --
> Keith Powers, MCDBA
>
> "Myles" wrote:
> > the key is in your post above my first post where you ask "how can I build UI
> > for it" - that is the key - you have to build your own custom user interface
> > for the report parameters. Instead of using a drop down list to display the
> > allowable parameter values, use a list box, which supports selecting of
> > multiple values. You have to go the route of using the web services, not url
> > access (for my solution) - which direction are you currently headed?
> >
> > It is a lot of work to create the custom ui, but it does give you the
> > ability to pass multiple values into a stored procedure and use dynamic SQL
> > to fuel the dataset for the report.
> >
> >
> > I hope this helps,
> >
> >sql