Hello,

What does that mean SMO ? = SQL Server Management Objects

SMO , when it connects to an instance , is using a ServerConnection object , itself using a SqlConnection object which cannot be used with databases which are not included in a SQL Server instance.

For what you want to do ( if i have well understood ), you should rely on a linked server.

But there is some classes in the namespace System.Data.Oledb which could help you like

OledbConnection, OledbCommand

For that, i suggest you to have a look at this link :

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.data.oledb(v=VS.90).aspx

Have a nice day