how to refer table from another database

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how to refer table from another database

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wanni
Starting Member

14 Posts

Posted - 2006-06-02 : 22:02:19

I have two database, db1 and db2,

I can only make one connectino to sql server,

how do I get data from both db1 and db2 in 1 sql query ?

khtan
In (Som, Ni, Yak)

17689 Posts

Posted - 2006-06-03 : 00:17:14

[code]select *
from db1.dbo.tb1 t1 inner join db2.dbo.tb2 t2
on t1.col1 = t2.col2[/code]

wanni
Starting Member

14 Posts

Posted - 2006-06-03 : 06:33:00

quote:
Originally posted by khtan

select *
from db1.dbo.tb1 t1 inner join db2.dbo.tb2 t2
on t1.col1 = t2.col2

KH

thanks !!

madhivanan
Premature Yak Congratulator

22864 Posts

Posted - 2006-06-05 : 04:17:57

Provided that they are in the same Server. If DBs reside in other Server, you need to make use of Linked Server

Madhivanan

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