October 28, 2013 at 1:33 pm
Hello...
I've once again run into issues using SSRS 2008 R2 to render reports for viewing in gmail webmail. Does anyone know of a way to limit the amount of styling code that SSRS adds to an HTML 4.0 rendered file?
Here's the issue...
I need to be able to display a formatted report in the body of an email that will be viewed using gmail webmail. In the past I've been able to get this to work using a combination of SSRS and C#... but now I've run into a new problem with a size restriction on how large the viewable email body code can be. My report is ~300k and the restriction is 101k.
Looking at the html...it's bloated with a ridiculous amount of styling code. Has anyone run into an issue with this? Have you figured out a way to limit the amount of code in these files?
Thanks
October 29, 2013 at 8:52 am
Yes. That's why I don't use SSRS for most things. The HTML bloat is ridiculous.
If you're not including any graphs in the email, lookup sp_senddbmail in Books Online and have a look at the last example where they convert a table output to HTML using a trick with FOR XML PATH. I use that method for all of my morning reports and several other things.
--Jeff Moden
Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.
October 29, 2013 at 9:21 am
Thanks Jeff... I also use FOR XML PATH for some of my smaller reports. I was was hoping there was some way to turn the HTML bloat off and control what gets rendered...oh well. Why can't MS just make SSRS a top of the line product. In it's current state...It really is garbage...
October 29, 2013 at 10:48 am
brickpack (10/29/2013)
Thanks Jeff... I also use FOR XML PATH for some of my smaller reports. I was was hoping there was some way to turn the HTML bloat off and control what gets rendered...oh well. Why can't MS just make SSRS a top of the line product. In it's current state...It really is garbage...
BWAAA-HAAA!!!! If you think SSRS makes for bloated HTML, you should work with Teleric controls sometime. I'm not a font-end programmer but the guys I work with say they produce insanely bloated pages.
--Jeff Moden
Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.
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