SQL Error

• anshirk.sharp

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  March 19, 2009 at 7:14 am

  #155439

  Hi,

  I am using the addlink server and used the following statement

  SELECT * INTO ITW.WebModule.dbo.tblICInventoryZone_99999 FROM [TEST].dbo.tblICInventoryZone

  but I got error like this :

  The object name 'ITW.WebModule.dbo.' contains more than the maximum number of prefixes. The maximum is 2.

  Please help me.

• GSquared

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  March 19, 2009 at 7:21 am

  #962658

  I don't believe you can use Select Into on a linked server. You have to create the table first, then use Insert Select.

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• Lowell

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  March 19, 2009 at 7:23 am

  #962665

  SELECT INTO syntax is designed to create a table on the fly.

  i believe a linked server only allows you to add/insert/update into existing objects....not CREATE objects on the fly like that, which is why you get an error.

  create the destination table on the linked server and then do the

  INSERT INTO linkedservertabe.dbname.owner.tablename

  select * from localtable

  Lowell

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