Offline mode ?

Hi all,
I am designing and testing a report using an ODBC connection. The
report is short (one or two pages) but the SQL request has many tables
and takes several minutes. Being in development phase I don't need the
datas to be refreshed from SQL database every time I click on
"preview" to see the report, but this is what happens (I find no other
reason for so long response time...). So I spend a lot of time waiting
for response.
Is there a kind of "offline" mode to see layout modifications without
refreshing datas every time ?
Thanks !
Jean-MarcTry using your SQL query to export the data from the multiple tables into a
single table. For your development and testing, base your report data on the
single table.
Using Query Analyzer, do:
SELECT * INTO MyTable FROM (rest of complex query)
Now base your test report on the data in MyTable. (You can also use DTS to
create the single table, and can even export the data into a local Access
table).
Charles Kangai, MCT, MCDBA
"Jean-Marc Audrin" wrote:
> Hi all,
> I am designing and testing a report using an ODBC connection. The
> report is short (one or two pages) but the SQL request has many tables
> and takes several minutes. Being in development phase I don't need the
> datas to be refreshed from SQL database every time I click on
> "preview" to see the report, but this is what happens (I find no other
> reason for so long response time...). So I spend a lot of time waiting
> for response.
> Is there a kind of "offline" mode to see layout modifications without
> refreshing datas every time ?
> Thanks !
> Jean-Marc
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