• No this is a new setup .

    below is the query , whic is running fine while executing in mgmt studio

    but i have put it in JOB , to perform it periodically

    so when the job runs , it gives that error

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    declare @SQLCmd varchar(100)

    SET @SQLCmd = 'insert into ghi_prod.dbo.account_test SELECT TOP 1 * from mydba.ghi_prod.dbo.account '

    EXEC(@SQLCmd) AT [mytesttest\DEV] <------linked server

    -------Bhuvnesh----------
    I work only to learn Sql Server...though my company pays me for getting their stuff done;-)