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Getting Started3. In the third step, select the JDBC connection we configured in the previous step. The wizard will detect that we areworking with a connection that allows the use of SQL queries and will prompt a text area to specify an SQL query(Figure 2-16). Optionally, we can design the query visually by clicking Design query.We assume that you know at least a bit of SQL, so we will directly enter a simple query, as follows:select * from address order by cityFigure 2-16Report Wizard – SQL Query4. Click Next. The clause “order by” is important to the following choice of sort order (I will discuss the details a little later).iReport reads the fields of the addresses table and presents them in the next screen of the Wizard, as shown inFigure 2-17.27