Monday, March 26, 2012

Link SQL Server 2005 Tables to external database through ODBC

Hi

I'm a newbie at SQL 2005 and I'm trying to create linked tables to our ERP system through ODBC. I can do this in MS Access or vb.net by using the ERP system's ODBC driver, but I am lost when it comes to SQL Server 2005.

Thanks for any help

Using a linked server, you will need to have either a OLEDB driver or a support for the OLEDB for ODBC provider. Using OPENDATASOURCE you will need to have the init string (connectionstring) for the database. You will find more information in the BOL under the topic OPENDATASOURCE.

Jens K. Suessmeyer

http://www.sqlserver2005.de

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