Generating reports on fly

Hello,

SRS 2005 provides functionality for loading and rendering reports on fly using LoadReportDefinition and Render methods defined in ReportExecutionService webservice.

I was wondering if the same/similar behaviour can be accomplished in Reporting Services 2000.

Thanks in advance,

Kobi

LoadReportDefinition API was introduced in 2005 for the Report Builder. With SSRS 2000 you have to explicitly upload the report defnition.

Generating hash value

Following Microsoft recommendations, I'd like to store a one-way passport
hash of a user's password. .NET provides method
FormsAuthentication.HashPasswordForStoringinConfigFile (...) to generate a
hash value with either SHA1 or MD5 algorithm. My problem is that the
password is to be generated on a workstation with no .NET installed. How can
I generate a hash value without .NET in the same way as
HashPasswordForStoringinConfigFile does? Is there any sequence of Windows
Crypto API calls with the same effect? An external stored procedure on the
server side?
EliyahuYes, CryptoAPI supports calculating hashes using functions:
CryptCreateHash
CryptHashData
CryptGetHashParam (with dwParam = HP_HASHVAL to get actual hash buffer)
Start here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...data_hashes.asp
The byte order in the capi buffer returned is identical to data in .NET
HashPasswordForStoringinConfigFile string.
You only need to convert the byte buffer into an ordered hex-string to match
the .NET hash string.
- Michel Gallant
MVP Security
"Eliyahu Goldin" <removemeegoldin@.monarchmed.com> wrote in message
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> Following Microsoft recommendations, I'd like to store a one-way passport
> hash of a user's password. .NET provides method
> FormsAuthentication.HashPasswordForStoringinConfigFile (...) to generate a
> hash value with either SHA1 or MD5 algorithm. My problem is that the
> password is to be generated on a workstation with no .NET installed. How c
an
> I generate a hash value without .NET in the same way as
> HashPasswordForStoringinConfigFile does? Is there any sequence of Windows
> Crypto API calls with the same effect? An external stored procedure on the
> server side?
> Eliyahu
>

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|||> Crypto API calls with the same effect? An external stored procedure on the

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> server side?

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you can use XP_CRYPT (www.activecrypt.com). Free version supports SHA1, MD5
and DES hashes without limitations.|||Thanks Michel and Andy,
Your answers are exactly what I need.
Eliyahu