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Asked: 2026-05-11T07:53:19+00:00

I am using an ASP.Net and C# front end to run some reports. I

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I am using an ASP.Net and C# front end to run some reports. I want to open an SQL Connection to the data source used by the report.

When the report uses integrated security it is easy enough to create a connection, however I want to create a connection when the user name and password are stored by the reporting server.

I can get SQL Server path and initial catalogue, using 

    DataSource[] dataSources;     DataSourceReference dsReference;     DataSourceDefinition dsDefinition;     string dsPath;     ReportingService2005 rs = new ReportingService2005();      dataSources = rs.GetItemDataSources(reportPath);     if (dataSources.Length > 0)     {         dsReference = (DataSourceReference)dataSources[0].Item;         dsPath = dsReference.Reference;         dsDefinition = rs.GetDataSourceContents(dsPath);         // ....     }

I can also get the user name using

    username = dsDefinition.UserName;

however if I use

    password = dsDefinition.Password;

password = null, and can’t be used to open the Sql Connection.

Is there a way to create an SQLConnection that uses the connection string and username and password credentials of a data source?

I am using Reporting Services 2008, and .NET 3.5 with web references to ReportService2005.asmx and ReportExecution2005.asmx

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  1. I really don’t think it’s possible, as this would pretty much constitute a security hole. I know this isn’t the answer you are looking for, but I would parameterise the location of your reports (i.e. the IP/name of your MSRS server) and store them in your web.config along with a matching SQL instance. While it’s not exactly what you’re after, I think that’s about as close as you are going to get.

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