hi , i am new to jasper report .. i want to know to use the ireport designe and how to create new database connection in sql server.... giude me with example... i got one example from the below link. http://jasperforge.org/website/ireportwebsite/IR%20Website/iReport_nb.html?group_id=243&header=project&leftnav=yes&target=ireport but its says when i create the new database connection.... it says datasource name is too long......... for the database url : jdbc:odbc: with regards, vidhya