When we use text data type in a table, the table only saved the (pointer) address of the data. When you retrieve data, the system needs to find the (pointer)...

If all of backups are in the same folder, you may consider to use scripting.systemobject, a VBScript library.

Did you try to remove N in front of each pair of single quotes?

If DBF refers to foxpro, you may reference the link

http://www.connectionstrings.com/?carrier=dbffoxpro

But what is DBC?

Could you register one server from another? This should be the first step while configuring a replication.

Did you check security on DB2 server beside your syntax in building linked server?

I am not sure whether or not SQL Server 2005 can link to PostGres database.

Did you use sp_testlinkedserver to check the link?

Did you test your DSN before configure the linked...

Here is the outline of the setup

1. Create a domain account (You may ask your windows team to create it in the Active Directory);

2. Grant necessary permissions in these three...

May the following link help.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/907877

It is a quite broad issue. I would like to recommend you to find what cause the poor performance, such as run the following scripts.

SELECT * FROM master.dbo.sys.sysprocesses

sp_who2 active

If...

To test the connection to a linked server, you may try

sp_testlinkedserver

I did not have any issue.

May the following link help.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143734.aspx

Here is a link. May it help.

http://www.easyfrom.net/articles/ms_access_to_sql_server/

But I would like to recommend you to export data to Access 2005, then import to Access 2007.

Since your three servers are in the same domain, you can use a domain account to link across each other among these three servers. You cannot use an SQL Server...