Exec/Query across servers (unlinked)

Can I exec/query across unlinked servers that are on the network but
physically different server instances? If so, how, please?
TIA!
RobertTake a look at OPENROWSET and OPENDATASOURCE in Books On line
Denis the SQL Menace
http://sqlservercode.blogspot.com/|||You can use OPENROWSET
SELECT *
FROM OPENROWSET('SQLOLEDB','otherinstance';'u
ser';'pwd',
'SELECT * FROM somedb.dbo.mytable')|||My bad...
I wasn't using fully qualified naming. I was using something like
ABC123.dbo.TableName instead of DEV.ABC123.dbo.TableName.
Thanks!
Robert
"Robert Davis" <radbase@.yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Can I exec/query across unlinked servers that are on the network but
> physically different server instances? If so, how, please?
> TIA!
> Robert
>