Querying a view that's not located on the same server (SQL Server 2005)

Question

I'm trying to query a database view that's not located on the same server as the stored procedure I'm running.

I heard about using "linked servers", but I have no access to the server's configuration at all ...

Thanks in advance !

Answer 1

Use OPENDATASOURCE:

SELECT   *
FROM      OPENDATASOURCE(
         'SQLOLEDB',
         'Data Source=ServerName;User ID=MyUID;Password=MyPass'
         ).Northwind.dbo.Categories

Answer 2

You can do this, but it does require the DBA to set up the link. If you don't have access to the server's configuration and the DBA is not on board, you're out of luck.