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For additional information........................................................................714
Accessing Data Sources 715 Chapter 26
Introduction..............................................................................................716
Six types of data.................................................................................716
Direct access database files ...................................................................717
Advantages........................................................................................717
Disadvantages....................................................................................718
Three layers.......................................................................................718
Common database formats................................................................719
ODBC data sources ................................................................................730
Advantages........................................................................................731
Disadvantages....................................................................................732
Five layers..........................................................................................732
Installing database clients..................................................................735
To ensure correct ODBC DSN configuration......................................735
Common ODBC database formats....................................................736
JDBC data sources .................................................................................740
JNDI ..................................................................................................740
Five layers..........................................................................................741
Supported JDBC database formats...................................................742
Configuring the Crystal Reports JDBC driver.....................................743
Business Objects universes....................................................................743
Business Views........................................................................................744
Crystal SQL Designer files.......................................................................745
Crystal Dictionary files.............................................................................746
Report Processing Model 749 Appendix A
Overview .................................................................................................750
What is a "pass"? ..............................................................................750
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