>Hi Peter,
>
>OK, let me carefully refactor this. As to the hypothetical architecture, think long and hard about letting a report engine directly access data. At the least, think about defining views in SQL Server for Crystal to use.
>
John,

There's one I haven't heard recomended before. Why do you asvise this? It seems that and enduser which could create a report with Crystal, may not be able to, or even have access to, create a SQL View.

BOb