How to Test Connectivity for a Linked Server

Hi i forgot to include this from my last post:

How to insert and update from remote linked server Created: 8/7/2007 1:10:01 AM

This script is part of that post but is also useful by itself.

This script test for connectivity to a linked server...


This code depends on:

USE [DIMSCONSOLIDATEDData]
GO
/****** Object:  UserDefinedFunction [dbo].[General_FXN_Alias]    Script Date: 08/07/2007 08:44:13 ******/
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO
-- =============================================
-- Author:       
-- Create date:
-- Description:   
-- =============================================
CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[General_FXN_Alias]
(
    @DistrictID int,
    @Table varchar(50) = 'sysobjects'
)
RETURNS varchar(90)
AS
BEGIN
    -- Declare the return variable here
   
    -- Add the T-SQL statements to compute the return value here
    

   
    RETURN (SELECT Alias from General_District where districtID = @districtID) + '.' + @Table

END

and

USE [DIMSCONSOLIDATEDData]
GO
/****** Object:  Table [dbo].[General_Error_Log]    Script Date: 08/07/2007 09:21:06 ******/
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO
SET ANSI_PADDING ON
GO
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[General_Error_Log](
    [ErrorID] [bigint] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
    [ErrorMessage] [varchar](255) NULL,
    [DateTime] [datetime] NOT NULL,
    [Alias] [varchar](50) NOT NULL,
    [Sproc] [varchar](50) NOT NULL,
    [ErrorCode] [int] NULL
) ON [PRIMARY]

GO
SET ANSI_PADDING OFF