Coann-

>To produce a report, i wonder i should use set filter or SQl

SET FILTER is generally a bad idea. It's better to use a SQL-SELECT construct. You can add the cursor to a database container as a local view with the command:

CREATE SQL VIEW [ViewName ] [REMOTE]
[CONNECTION ConnectionName [SHARE]
| CONNECTION DataSourceName]
[AS SQLSELECTStatement]

HTH