I have a little problem. I want to create a query in my local database (tijdsregistratie.mdf) to retrieve rows from my server database (IT Solutions Develop.dbo) on server itshou-dev03\sql2008.
But I don't know how to connect to the server database. I tried it like this :
select TOP 10 * from [IT Solutions Develop].dbo.[IT Solutions BVBA$Planning]
.. but it gives me this error :
Invalid object name 'IT Solutions Develop.dbo.IT Solutions
BVBA$Planning'.
One way is to link the servers:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms188279.aspx?ppud=4
You can also define linked servers by using SQL Server Management
Studio. In the Object Explorer, right-click Server Objects, select
New, and select Linked Server. You can delete a linked server
definition by right-clicking the linked server name and selecting
Delete.
This is the process by which you tell SQL Server where another server is and how to connect to it. You can do this in SQL Server Management Studio or in T-SQL. You can then refer to the linked server by a four part name (similar to what is in your question):
[LinkedServerName].[Database].[Schema].[Object]
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I’m trying to copy a SQL Server table, schema and data, from Server A to Server B. The SQL Server table is just a reference table which hasn't been populated for some reason on Server B. Can anyone advise how the entire table could be copied across please? On SQL Server 2000/2005.
So far we've tried a long-winded approach by copying the .mdf and .ldf files from Server A to Server B with a plan to then copy the table across into the Server B database but we are having some difficulty re-attaching the database to Server B.
Please can anyone help?
Kind Regards
James
Using SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS):
In Object Explorer right click on source database name, Tasks.. -> Generate Scripts.. - opens Generate and Publish Scripts dialog. Click Next to choose objects, choose "Select specific DB objects", expand Tables, choose your table. Next, setup script destination, for example New query window and (important step!!) - click Advanced, and set "Types of data to script"="Schema and data" and "Script USE DATABASE"=False, OK, Next, Next, .. wait .. Finish. Now you have got complete SQL script to reproduce this table with data. Connect to destination DB and run it.
Tested with SSMS 2014, but as I recall this feature should be available starting from SSMS 2005.
you can use the import/export data wizard in management studio, the wizard will create for you a new table in the server B with the same structure of the table in the server A. before using it you need to have at least one database in sever B.
This confirms why this is one of favourite forums.
Both these methods work beautifully :
Generate Scripts (when altering Types of data to script"="Schema and
data")
Export and Import
Interestingly Generate Scripts works with SQL Express perfectly but the Export method does not save unless you have at least SQL Server Standard Edition.
Thanks so much everyone
Cheers
James
Try this:
SELECT * INTO destination FROM source
But, it will not copy the indexes and key information or you can also try import/export data task from SSMS.
I can't see all of the rows in the linked-server's tables. So if I run select count(*) from cmrez.dbo.reservations on the target server itself it returns 809472, but if I run the same query from a remote (linked) server I only get 78324. What's up with that!?
I seem to have come up with a solution. The target server supports mixed-mode logins, so I created a new login and I specify for the linked server to use that login and it appears to work. I don't know why I couldn't use pass-through security, but that doesn't matter as long as it works ;-).
I have explained the scenario below:
I am having two servers:
server 1
server 2
In both the servers I have Sql Server 2008 r2.
In server 1, I have a database named "DB_Server1" and in server 2, a database named "DB_Server2".
In DB_server1 database, I have a table named "TB_Server1" and in DB_Server2, a table named "TB_Server2".
My requirement is, in DB_Server1, I'm going to write a stored procedure which selects the table "TB_Server2" from DB_Server2 which is located in the server 2.
How can I achieve the above requirement?
you can use linkserver
at first select Server1
step 1: exec sp_addlinkedserver 'Server2'
step 2: select * from [Server2].[DB_Server2].TB_Server2
You can create linked server (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/ff772782.aspx)
Use Linked Server:
Allows you to query databases and tables on remote servers as though they are part of the local database. Very easy to setup (just call exec sp_addlinkedserver) and once defined uses nothing but plain old SQL.
Here is a simple tutorial about how to create a linked server. After creating linked server, we can query it as follows:
select * from LinkedServerName.DatabaseName.dbo.TableName
Click here for another tutorial.
Read more about Linked Servers here.
I have 25 linked server(which will connect remote sql server 2000) working perfectly on one server, i even don't know login information of those linked server. My current environment is sql server 2008 R2, my new environment is also sql server 2008 R2 , i just need to migrate all linked server from old to new, preserving all login information
Possible?
If you're dealing with linked servers that have specific users specified with password then I don't think you'll be able to preserve that password information. Since linked servers are at the server level that information wouldn't be in any db backup. But, you could run queries like the one below to get the list of linked servers and check which ones use pass-through credentials. For the ones that do, just create new linked server definitions in the new database (you can easily get this SQL by right-clicking on the linked server in SSMS and generating the script). For the ones that don't, you can create the linked server via TSQL but you'll have to give them new credentials.
SELECT
serv.NAME,
serv.product,
serv.provider,
serv.data_source,
serv.catalog,
prin.name,
ls_logins.uses_self_credential,
ls_logins.remote_name
FROM
sys.servers AS serv
LEFT JOIN sys.linked_logins AS ls_logins
ON serv.server_id = ls_logins.server_id
LEFT JOIN sys.server_principals AS prin
ON ls_logins.local_principal_id = prin.principal_id
I have database connection to database DB1. The only thing I could do - execute any t-sql statements including using stored procedures. I want to export the specific table (or even the specific rows of specific table) to my local database. As you can read abve, DBs are on diffrent servers meaning no direct connection is possible. Therefore question: Is it possible to write query that returns the other query to execute on local server and get data? Also note, that table contains BLOBs. Thanks.
If you have SQL Server Management Studio, you can use the data import function on your local database to get the data. It works as long as you have Read/Select access on the tables you are trying to copy.
If you have Visual Studio you can use the database tools in there to move data between two servers as long as you can connect to both from your workstation.
Needs Ultimate or Premium though:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd193261.aspx
RedGate has some usefull tools too:
http://www.red-gate.com/products/sql-development/sql-compare/features
Maybe you should ask at https://dba.stackexchange.com/ instead.
If you can login to the remote db (where you can only issue t-sql), you may create linked server on your local server to the remote and use it later directly in queries, like:
select * from [LinkedServerName].[DatabaseName].[SchemaName].[TableName]