ChrisMoix (1/20/2009)

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I really wish you could use synonyms for databases on remote servers. We use SQL Client Aliases to keep from having to change code going from development , to QA, to Production. The only problem is that those are set on a server level. With clusters, that's one more thing to manage.

It would be nice to use synonyms to abstract the database call instead of having to resort to Client Aliases and Linked Servers.

fuller.artful (1/20/2009)

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You described well the "how to" aspect of synonyms, but what I fail to grasp its the usefulness. Why would I want to create a synonym? What advantage is gained? By your example, I even have to type an extra keystroke ("1" or "2") when referring to the "Contact" table.

Thanks,
Arthur

Not sure what you are referencing here, but you can easily create a synonym that accesses an object through a linked server.

Create the linked server, then in the local database create the synonym as:

CREATE SYNONYM MySchema.Object FOR linkedserver.remotedb.schema.object;