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admin001
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166 Posts

Posted - 2005-02-15 : 06:24:36

Hi ,

I have setup a dev. SQL server with three instances as server\instance1 , instance2 and instance3 respectively . Now I have view in one of the databases in instance1 that needs to access another database from instance2 . However I noticed that I can't do it . I have view in instance1 as

CREATE VIEW dbo.vconsumer
AS
SELECT *
FROM Profile.dbo.consumer

Now profile is the database which it is trying to access which is not in instance 1 , but in instance2 . How do I modify this view so that it can access the data in instance2 . I tried

CREATE VIEW dbo.vconsumer
AS
SELECT *
FROM server\instance2.Profile.dbo.consumer

But it displayed as incorrect syntax "\" . I even tried configuring linked server , but no success . Can I get some help on this please without having a duplicate database profile in instance 1 . Can it be avoided in any ways ???

Thank you .

nr
SQLTeam MVY

12543 Posts

Posted - 2005-02-15 : 06:59:23

CREATE VIEW dbo.vconsumer
AS
SELECT *
FROM [server\instance2].Profile.dbo.consumer

Or create the linked server with a more friendly name or create an alias for it using client network services.

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