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mparter
Yak Posting Veteran

86 Posts

Posted - 2002-05-08 : 19:01:33
I'm trying to setup a linked server in SQL Server and as I've never done this before I'm totally lost. All the documentation I find is too confusing!

Basically I have an Oracle database on another server and I want to link to it so I can use one of the tables on it. When I try to set this up using the Enterprise manager I don't get anywhere. I'm not sure what exactly to put in the boxes in the dialog box asking you for setup details.

This is probably so easy once you've done it once!

Thanks in advance,

Mark

VyasKN
SQL Server MVP & SQLTeam MVY

313 Posts

Posted - 2002-05-08 : 19:12:56
Don't use Enterprise Manager, it's quite confusing. Instead, open SQL Server Books Online and use the example provided in the documentation of sp_addlinkedserver.

After that run sp_addlinkedsrvlogin.

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mparter
Yak Posting Veteran

86 Posts

Posted - 2002-05-08 : 19:17:34
Thanks, how do you actually run the stored procedure 'sp_addlinkedserver'? As you can tell I'm struggling here :)

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