I have been using SQL Server Management Studio 2008 and VS 2008 (BIDS) for a while without any problems. I now have a requirement to work with some Reporting Services 2005 reports, which cannot be upgraded to 2008 for operational reasons.
In order to manage these reports I've installed VS 2005 succesfully but I cannot get VS 2005 to include the appropriate Reporting Services functionality so I can't open any RS 2005 Projects or Solutions. It appears tto me that the only way to do this is to install them from the SQL Server 2005 installation, but when I try to do this, it won't do it as it tells that the Management Tools are already installed - I can only assume that this is because I have VS 2008 (BIDS) installed, which was installed from the SQL Server 2008 install.
I'm guessing that the "standard" way of doing this is to de-install the SQL Server 2008 Shared Components and the VS2005 & VS2008 prgrams and then re-insall then in sequence (SQL 2005 Mangement Tools, then SQL 2008 Managment Tools) which is a very long process. Is there any way of installing the BIDS extensions to my VS 2005 program?
Regards
In order to manage these reports I've installed VS 2005 succesfully but I cannot get VS 2005 to include the appropriate Reporting Services functionality so I can't open any RS 2005 Projects or Solutions. It appears tto me that the only way to do this is to install them from the SQL Server 2005 installation, but when I try to do this, it won't do it as it tells that the Management Tools are already installed - I can only assume that this is because I have VS 2008 (BIDS) installed, which was installed from the SQL Server 2008 install.
I'm guessing that the "standard" way of doing this is to de-install the SQL Server 2008 Shared Components and the VS2005 & VS2008 prgrams and then re-insall then in sequence (SQL 2005 Mangement Tools, then SQL 2008 Managment Tools) which is a very long process. Is there any way of installing the BIDS extensions to my VS 2005 program?
Regards