Hi, I am building a DLL to pull configuration settings from a database table using all the nice classes like ConfigurationSection, ConfigurationElement, ConfigurationElementCollection, etc ... I am wondering, to actually connect to and retrieve the data from the database, would using the ADO.NET Entity Framework objects in my DLL be too much trouble for SQL Server Reporting Services 2008? I know that I would at least have to migrate the configuration settings to a configuration file on the SSRS server. Then, perhaps read the configuration file into an XElement or XDocument and pass the settings somehow to the entity framework code that requires those settings. What else would be involved? Thank you! Dan

Hi Dan, Create ADO.NET Data Services based on your EDM:http://geekswithblogs.net/frankw/archive/2008/03/08/ado.net-entity-framework-and-data-services-in-action-part-1.aspx For more information about How to: Implement Custom Data Class Interfaces (Entity Framework), please see: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb738453(v=VS.90).aspx?appId=Dev10IDEF1&l=EN-US&k=k(SYSTEM.DATA.OBJECTS.DATACLASSES.ENTITYOBJECT.REPORTPROPERTYCHANGED);k(DevLang-CSHARP)&rd=true Hope this helps! Challen Fu [MSFT] MSDN Community Support | Feedback to us Get or Request Code Sample from Microsoft Please remember to mark the replies as answers if they help and unmark them if they provide no help.

Btw, please make sure to compile your custom assembly targetting .NET 3.5 to use it with Reporting Services 2008. Thanks, RobertRobert Bruckner http://blogs.msdn.com/robertbruckner This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.