LINKED SERVER to NETEZZA QUESTION

• David F

  Old Hand

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  March 7, 2013 at 5:10 pm

  #274972

  Hello, I have what I hope is a simple question. I have setup a linked server using a System ODBC DSN that connects to a Netezza device. I'm currently testing, and while the performance is solid, I'm having trouble understanding what is happening when I try to "SELECT TOP [X] FROM ..."

  My understanding is that this is supposed to be interpolated to "SELECT * FROM TABLE LIMIT [X]" but the query continues to give me all the records.

  I've tried both of these:

  SELECT TOP 10 *

  From [LINKED_SERVER].

  .[SCHEMA].

  SELECT TOP 10 *

  FROM OPENQUERY([LINKED_SERVER], 'SELECT * FROM

  .[SCHEMA].

  ')

  Both return all Records.

  If I try this:

  SELECT *

  FROM OPENQUERY([LINKED_SERVER], 'SELECT * FROM

  .[SCHEMA].

  LIMIT 10')

  I get an error that says "Incorrect syntax near "SELECT", found "10" "

  If I Alias the table then I get the same error except it says found 'Limit'

  Any ideas?

• anwar.mir

  SSC Journeyman

  Points: 87

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  October 28, 2015 at 4:34 am

  #1835974

  Remove the square brackets and ensure all your tables in the Openquery string

  SELECT *

  FROM OPENQUERY([LINKED_SERVER], 'SELECT * FROM DATABASE.SCHEMA.TABLE LIMIT 10')