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  • After little bit of 'googling',I could successfully connect to my ODBC

    1.)Exec sp_addlinkedserver

    EXEC sp_addlinkedserver

    @server = 'MY_ODBC_SERVER',

    @srvproduct = '',

    @provider = 'MSDASQL',

    @datasrc = 'QFTest' //System DSN

    GO

    2.)To check whether SP worked,

    EXEC sp_tables_ex @table_server = 'MY_ODBC_SERVER'

    3.)I could successfully retrieve all the data from the table 'BTL'

    SELECT * FROM OPENQUERY(MY_ODBC_SERVER, 'SELECT * FROM BTL')