Is SSRS more friendly to SQL users than Crystal Reports? : <p>So our ERP system has fairly limited SQL reporting tools, although it's pure SQL, write a query in a window, execute, and a report pops up.  Problem is, it's quite error filled, the exports are hideous and anything over 2,000 records may not display correctly.</p>

<p>So we decided to get Crystal Reports and frankly I hate the damn thing.  My SQL skills are practically of no use with this thing because everything is done with a report writer and you can't even edit basic SQL statements, you have to go through all these stupid hoops and loops just to make a basic change in your report.  I'm used to deleting a column name from my SQL statement, refresh, and boom, column gone.  In Crystal, deleting a column seems near impossible in an existing report, I spent like an hour researching and came up with nothing.  Every little task in Crystal seems to be ridiculously over complicated.</p>

<p>Basically, I just want a blank window where I can type real SQL code and get a damn report.  Can SSRS do this simple task?  I really don't give a damn about formatting, I just want data</p>
