Is there a way to get SQL Server 2005 to query 3 or more separate Access databases (each returning 1 record) in one SQL statement?
Yes, but it will require you to create a Linked Server instance for each Access database. See here for details about creating Linked Server instances on SQL Server 2005 to MS Access.
Once you have those in place, you can query SQL Server and it will pass on the queries to the respective Access databases based on using the Linked Server instance notation when specifying tables in your SQL Server queries.
What you want is a Linked Server for each of the Access databases.
Just be aware that in SQL 2005 64-bit you won't be querying current versions of Access or Excel through linked servers any time soon.
Yes, set them up as linked servers using sp_addlinkedserver.
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Is there linked servers mecanism in postgresql like ms sql server?
What is the best way to execute query to "information_schema.columns" on 2 different postgresql servers to compare their table stucture?
Scenario:
2 servers - SQL2008 and SQL2016
Job 1 : Backup - Scheduled SQL Agent Job running for 2 Databases on SQL2008 with the destination on SQL2016 server
Job 2 : Restore - Scheduled SQL Agent Job running for 2 Databases on SQL2016 from the that location.
So thinking of making these 2 individual into a single job for Backup and Restore.
Please help/guide me to combining these 2 Jobs.
Do I Use Powershell or SQL for getting this correct?
When communicating between two servers, the best way I know is to create a Linked Server going both-ways, and on each server. The only gotcha is to make sure the SQL syntax used to select or insert data from a server, is compliant with that server, or the linked server.
From SQLShack...
"Linked servers allow submitting a T-SQL statement on a SQL Server instance, which returns data from other SQL Server instances. A linked server allows joining data from several SQL Server instances using a single T-SQL statement when data exists on multiple databases on different SQL instances. By using a linked server to retrieve data from several SQL instances, the only thing that should be done is to connect to one SQL instance.
There are two ways of configuring linked server in SSMS. One way is by using sp_addlinkedserver system stored procedure and another is by using SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) GUI interface."
Without writing out the SQL code for both backups and restores, I suggest you read up on Linked Servers, and apply them into your code. I recommend you test the code first manually, outside of a job, and then apply it to a scheduled job or Maintenance Plan.
But as a hint :), try the syntax when linking your table from a linked server object:
[LINKED SERVER].[DATABASE].[Schema].[TableName]
i am using SQL Server 2012 and would like to implement FileTables feature in application. how many FileTable we can create in one Database in SQL Server 2012?
The number of tables allowed in a single database is limited to the total number of object, which can't exceed 2,147,483,647. I've never run across any article that diferentiates between regular tables and file tables.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143432(v=sql.110).aspx
How can I select data in the same query from two different databases that are on two different servers, one DB2 Server and the other a SQL Server?
On your sql server, set up a linked server to the db2 database.
Then write your query on sql server. I suggest that you use openquery for the db2 stuff. If you have to combine the data, populate a sql server temp table with the openquery results and work from there.
The reason I suggest this is performance. I have found that if you use this syntax
select somefields
from server.database.owner.table
where whatever
sql server will bring back the entire table from the linked server and apply the where clause afterwards.
You can set up a linked server http://support.microsoft.com/kb/222937
How to create a linked server
I never seen this, but is it possible to have one SQL call join data from Oracle and SQl Server?
Yes, Oracle and SQL Server both have functionality that allows to connect to other databases, including different vendors. In Oracle terminology, it's a database link instance while on SQL Server it's called a Linked Server instance.
The syntax to reference the instance is different between Oracle and SQL Server though. IE:
Oracle:
SELECT t.*
FROM table_name#database_link_instance t
SQL Server:
SELECT t.*
FROM linked_server_instance_name.database_name.schema_name.table_name t
does MySQL support the linked server concept?
No, the closest MySQL has is the FEDERATED engine, which is only for connecting to remote MySQL instances.
PostgreSQL?
PostgreSQL has dblink. Last time I looked at dblink (pre-v9 release), it only could connect to other PostgreSQL instances.
Yes- both Oracle and SQL Server support the linked server concept. That allows you to reference the other server using a 4 part name. For example:
select *
from LocalDb.Schema.Table
cross join
OracleLinkedServer.RemoteDb.RemoteSchema.RemoteTable