Quote Originally Posted by ChrisE View Post
but why do you have to use a Json when you extract the Data like you say...

can't you use the Data from the Database direct with the DataReader?
About to market my report writer as an API call. I'll support lots of different data transmission methods. I've got a "mark up" language that goes along with it, for Crystal Reports-like formatting.

I've used it for my own business for decades - started in VB6, now ported to .Net running in IIS. I've been reading the "report layout specs" and "data" from SQL all this time. Now I'm exposing the "layout" and "data" to external submission.

Returns a PDF when done...