why?

the error does not appear to be anything other than the use of an illegal character.  Can you locate the file in question and look at it in an editor? ...

I can't imagine what privileges they would be.  I'm going to have to think about this one.  I mentally wiped the slate clean with the production versions and do not...

Nobody has answered because it is a loaded question.  If someone would buy a license and install this software based on a response here they should have their head examined. ...

Reporting Services are web services.  you should be able to integrate with anything that can call or use a web service.  You could use C# but you could also use...

Don't put yourself down.  You may become a DBA yet for lack of anyone else doing the job.  What you are up against is pretty common.  There is no quick...

I looked at responding to this last week, did a little investigation, and decided not to look stupid.  I do not see any way to get the column name for...

and it shouldn't be said as an afterthought... but it was...

Consider losing the June CTP.  RTM/GA is available... and let me assure you that it is so much better... worth...

I have not used Sybase ASA as a linked server; but I have used it as a data source.  I was lucky in that ASA was not available when I...

had you installed previous versions?  I remember seeing this error somewhere along the line; but have deleted the file where I commented on it and do not remember the resolution. ...

Here is a good resource

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/columnists/drussell/sslcertificatesonsqlserver2005forreportingservices.asp

Reporting Services is just a tool.  If you have reports that you get through cut and paste and functions in Excel and you are satisfied with having what you need...

This does not make sense.  There is no schema named dbo that I can find in SS 2005.  Each database contains a schema, and I guess you could name a...

Use Windows Authentication.This way there is no password passed over the network as the user's authenticated token is used.  Until SS 2005 Windows Authentication was stronger than SQL Server's.  With...

okay, regardless of the answer on the port number... do not use localhost but specify the hostname... i.e., http://myhostname/reports vs. http://localhost/reports (where myhostname is the name of your...