display data in sharepoint services 3. 0 dashboard from SQL server 2008

Question

i want to display the SQL server data which is in table form into the SHarepoint. I dont have sharepoint 2007/2010 I just have SHarepoint services 3.0 and sharepoint designer 2007 please help. I think business data catalog cant be used in this version. IS it true ? do i have to go for paid version ?

Answer 1

You could use SharePoint designer to create a webpart that shows sql data. Look at the following article. YOu cannot use that data in another way (i.e. as a column in a list or something linke that, you need the BDC for that).