Crystal Reports 9

Database Drivers

Overview
This document contains information about the Crystal Reports (CR) database
drivers. Read this document to learn about the CR 9 database query engine.
Find out which database drivers have been renamed, introduced and
discontinued in CR 9.

Contents
INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................ 2
CR DATABASE DRIVERS (DLLS) ................................................................. 2
FINDING MORE INFORMATION ...................................................................... 3
CONTACTING CRYSTAL DECISIONS FOR TECHNICAL SUPPORT ...................... 3

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Introduction
Crystal Reports connects to each data source type by using a specific set of
Dynamic Link Libraries (DLLs) and other data access–related files. To assist
when troubleshooting data access or connection issues, a table of database
drivers is provided in this document.

NOTE Knowledge base articles and technical briefs that have been written for previous versions
of CR 9 may be applicable to current issues. If you encounter instructions to search for a
specific CR database driver, the DLL file was renamed in CR 9.

CR Database Drivers (DLLs)

Refer to the Database Drivers table for the database driver file name applicable
to your version of Crystal Reports.

NOTE Crystal Reports can connect using the ODBC driver (Crdb_odbc.dll) to all data sources
that are ODBC-compliant.

Database Drivers

Data Source Connection CR 8.5 and earlier CR 9

ADO P2smon.dll Crdb_ado.dll

ADO Plus New to CR 9 Crdb_adoplus.dll

CDO P2smon.dll Crdb_cdo.dll

COM P2smon.dll Crdb_com.dll

Field Definition (TTX) P2smon.dll Crdb_fielddef.dll

OLE DB P2soledb.dll Crdb_ado.dll

ODBC P2sodbc.dll Crdb_odbc.dll

Java Beans New to CR 9 Crdb_javabeans.dll

Dataset Consumer New to CR 9 Crdb_dataset.dll

Crystal Query (QRY) P2ixbse.dll Crdb_query.dll

Crystal Dictionary (DC5, CIV) P2ixbse.dll Crdb_dictionary.dll

Oracle P2sora7.dll Crdb_oracle.dll

SQL Server P2ssql.dll ODBC and OLE DB

connection only

IBM DB2 P2sdb2.dll Crdb_p2sdb2.dll

Sybase P2ssyb10.dll Crdb_p2ssyb10.dll

Informix P2sifmx.dll Crdb_p2sifmx.dll

Outlook P2soutlk.dll Crdb_p2soutlk.dll +

P2soutlk.dll

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Data Source Connection CR 8.5 and earlier CR 9

Exchange Mailbox Admin P2sexsr.dll Crdb_mp2sexsr.dll

Exchange Public Folder Admin P2sexsr.dll Crdb_pfp2sexsr.dll

Exchange Public Folder Replica List P2srepl.dll Crdb_p2srepl.dll

Exchange Public Folder Access P2sacl.dll Crdb_p2sacl.dll

Permission

Exchange Server Message Tracking P2strack.dll Crdb_p2strack.dll

Logs

Exchange Folders and Address Books P2smapi.dll Crdb_p2smapi.dll

(MAPI)

NT Archived Event Logs P2sevt.dll Crdb_p2sevta.dll

NT Current Event Logs P2sevt.dll Crdb_p2sevta.dll

NT Current Event Logs P2sevt.dll Crdb_p2sevtc.dll

Internet Information Server (IIS) Logs P2smsiis.dll Crdb_p2smsiis.dll

Web Logs P2swblg.dll Crdb_p2swblg.dll

Lotus Notes P2snote.dll Crdb_p2snote.dll

OLAP P2solap.dll Crdb_olap.dll

Act! P2bact3.dll & P2ctact3.dll Crdb_p2bact3.dll +

P2bact3.dll + P2ctact3.dll

Microsoft Access P2bdao.dll & P2ctdao.dll Crdb_dao.dll

& P2irdao.dll

Paradox P2bbde.dll Crdb_p2bbde.dll

XBase (dBase, Foxpro 2.6, Clipper, P2bxbse.dll Crdb_p2xbse.dll

etc.)

Btrieve P2bbtrv.dll & P2ctbtrv.dll Crdb_p2bbtrv.dll + +

P2bbtrv.dll + P2ctbtrv.dll

File System P2sfs.dll Crdb_filesystem.dll

Bound Reporting P2bbnd.dll Not supported

Finding More Information

For more information on Open Database Connectivity (ODBC), search for the
file name cr_odbc_architecture.pdf at the following link:

http://support.crystaldecisions.com/docs

Contacting Crystal Decisions for Technical Support

We recommend that you refer to the product documentation and that you visit
our Technical Support web site for more resources.

Self-serve Support:
http://support.crystaldecisions.com/

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Email Support:
http://support.crystaldecisions.com/support/answers.asp

Telephone Support:
http://www.crystaldecisions.com/contact/support.asp

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