How do I interact with external database while creating function or stored procedure.

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I have a database 'abc' and i am trying to write procedure which requires to interact with table in database 'xyz'. What can i do.

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I have a database 'abc' and i am trying to write procedure which requires to interact with table in database 'xyz'. What can i do.

Posted 10-Mar-17 1:47am

dirtyshooter

Updated 12-Mar-17 9:23am

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See the answer to this post sql server - How do I query tables located in different database?[^]
Basically you just need to use the fully qualified table name. If the databases are on different servers then you will need to link them first - Linked Servers (Database Engine)[^]

Posted 10-Mar-17 1:51am

CHill60

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Member 12863357 · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-12T09:23:00

Solution 2

you must use the 3 part name for tables means database1=abc,database2=xyz then [abc].[dbo].[table1] and [xyz].[dbo].[table2]

Posted 12-Mar-17 9:23am

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CHill60 13-Mar-17 5:31am

Adds no additional information to Solution 1 posted 2 days ago.