alex 64682 (1/7/2013)
Many thanks for all the responses. I haven't encountered Openrowset before but it looks like the best option. Not entirely sure where to place the remote IP Address, port number etc for the connection string though, don't suppose anyone has examples of this type of thing?
I believe that the IP address can be part of the HOSTNAME shown by e4d4 in his example below.
e4d4 (1/4/2013)
You could use linkedservers, openrowset http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190312.aspx or openquery http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms188427.aspxeg. openrowset
SELECT * FROM OPENROWSET('SQLOLEDB', 'Server=HOSTNAME;UID=DB_USER;PWD=StronPassword;','select * table');
Beware though, that the arguments passed to OPENROWSET must be string literals; no local variables are allowed.
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