1474461 - Unknown Database Connector Error when connecting to a Dataset in a VS .NET application

Symptom

Connecting to ADO .NET Dataset
May result in the following errors:

"Unknown Database Connector Error"
"Failed to retrieve data from the database"
"Query Engine Error 'C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\temp.....rpt"
"Log on failed..."
"Failed to open the connection. Details: [Database Vendor Code: 17]"

Cause

The data being passed in the datasset to the report is not in the format the report is expecting.

Resolution

See the wiki Troubleshooting Issues with VS .NET Datasets and Crystal Reports

Keywords

KBA , BI-DEV-NET , BI Software Development Kits (SDKs) - .NET or Other , How To

Product

Crystal Reports 2008 V0 ; Crystal Reports 2008 V1 ; SAP Crystal Reports 10.0 ; SAP Crystal Reports 2011 ; SAP Crystal Reports XI ; SAP Crystal Reports XI R2