Using SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) in an ASP.NET MVC project

Mon, 08 Jun 2015 14:21:49 -0400

There are a handful of examples out on the internet on how to use SSRS from an ASP.NET website but all of the ones I came across seemed like hacks. They range from throwing an ASPX page with a ReportViewer control to complex JavaScript hacks. The following method is the one I have used for many years that adheres to the true MVC manner. This method connects to SSRS through the web service using Microsoft.Reporting.WebForms assembly.

SAS Data File to PostgreSQL friendly CSV using Perl

Mon, 24 Dec 2012 00:06:39 -0400

In my database course at Marshall University, I helped my professor with a side project involving Cancer research data that has been collected since 1973 by the National Cancer Institute. My first job was to take the SEER data and load it into a postgreSQL database.

The job was simple enough. The only problem? The data files were in SAS format. Basically the format was CRLF delimited entries composed of fixed-length fields. Here is a list of the fields and lengths that I used for the script.

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Using SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) in an ASP.NET MVC project

SAS Data File to PostgreSQL friendly CSV using Perl