column names with periods on a 2008 linked server - sql

I'm using SQL Server 2005 and trying to select columns from a SQL Server 2008 linked server that have periods in them.
I've checked this post:
Selecting a column with period in the column name SQL Server
But I'm not getting the same error.
This is the code
INSERT INTO [Linked_Server].Database.dbo.Table
([Column_Name], [Column.Name])
SELECT
[Column_Name], [Column.Name] FROM local_table
I can select from the table locally, but when I try to select the same columns from the same table on the linked server, I get this error:
Msg 207, Level 16, State 1, Line 3
Invalid column name 'Column.Name'.
EDIT: Fixed a typo with "[Column_Name)". This was a typo only in stackoverflow however.
The typo is not the problem


Replace ) on ] after Column_Name and try once again
INSERT INTO [Linked_Server].Database.dbo.Table
([Column_Name], [Column.Name])
SELECT [Column_Name], [Column.Name] FROM local_table


Looks like this is a known issue with Linked Servers in SQL Server 2008. I had seen this page while I was researching, but I didn't see the workaround section at the bottom.
I ended up changing the query to use OPENQUERY instead, and now it works.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972856

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