Hi I am a complete sql newbie :)
With that being said I am trying for the life of me to link to a table in another sql database.
For some reason its not letting me link the table instead it is creating a query of the table.
I used the Access upsizing wizard and the access front end.
*grumbles - just wish I could find the upgrading handbook that tells you if you used to do it this way now do it this way*
Thanks
Sara
I am trying to create a single query from 2 tables on different SQL servers. In Access 2003 I have been able to accomplish this by created a Linked Table via ODBC connection to a table then create my query reference the linked table.
Is something link this possible with SQL? Any direction would be greatly appriciated!
Scenerio:
Server1
Books
Book_ID
Book_Author
Book_Title
Server2
PurchasedBooks
Customer_ID
Book_ID
vPurchasedBooks (View on Server 2)
Customer_ID
Book_Title (Joined on Book_ID on Server1Books)
this is the query I need help with
select a.RecordID,a.RelocateID,a.WhenConfirmed,b.RequestI D,b.DocumentID,b.RequestWhen from RelocateeDTA a inner join
docRequests b on ({a.RecordID}=' + CONVERT(VARCHAR, a.RecordID)'= b.WhereClause)
because I am trying to link RelocateeDTA that has RecordID to docRequests that has the same piece of data in field WhereClause but is a varchar, and I am getting an error message (syntax error or access violation)
Could somebody help me please
dear experts,
i have two tables, tblcustomer and tblform. in tblcustomer i have cutomerid PK and i have also a field that link these two tables customername. in tblforms i have formname. customername and formname are not PK and customername has a lot of null values.
my question is that i want to link these two tables in customerid not the name and also to get the forms used by this customer. the thing is that i have to write a join query.
any suggestion to do that?
thanks my friends
I know it's possible to link tables between Access and SQL Server using ODBC....however can u use DAO to do this? If there's a way i would appreciate some help. Thanks in advance.
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Hi and thanks for taking the time to read this. I get really confused really quickly when it comes to table linking, and I think I am doing it the hard way. I am going to show my stupidity and ask if there is a better way than what I do, because it takes a LOT of querying and seems like a huge waste.
In reality, I have about 20 tables to join like this, but I'm going to use three for the example:
"Main" Table
AcctNoNameHeightWeight
1Bob13
2Phil21
3Jim15
4Lisa22
"Height" Table
HeightIDHeightName
1Giant
2Tall
3Medium
4Short
"Weight" Table
WeightIDW_Name
1Skinny
2Normal
3Overweight
4Obese
What I have been doing is:
SELECT
Main.AcctNo,
Main.Name,
Height.HeightName,
Weight.WeightName
FROM
Main
INNER JOIN Height ON
Height.HeightID = Main.Height
INNER JOIN Weight ON
Weight.WeightID = Main.Weight
WHERE Main.AcctNo < 3
My question: is doing 20 INNER JOINS really the best way to do this with 20 tables, or is there some other way to link Main.Height to Height.HeightID that is less intensive?
Thanks again for reading, and in advance for any information or insight you can provide.
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I would search for it but I don't know what it's called.
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Don
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Thanks,
Gary
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Hello,
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Hi, I need to link an Access 97 database to sql server 2000. I can't use Enterprise Manager so I have created a simple asp.net page using sp_addlinkedserver and sp_addlinkedsrvlogin.
The mdb file is on a network share, then I have permissions problems: here is a sample
sp_addlinkedserver 'test', 'Access 97', 'Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0',
'\SVKNFS080Pshareaccess97db1.mdb', 'efco'
sp_addlinkedsrvlogin 'test', false, 'sa', 'Admin', NULL
I have no problems executing these stored procedures (the linked server is added in sysservers table), but when I try to query the access database
SELECT * FROM test...profile
I get this error
Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server][OLE/DB provider returned message:
The Microsoft Jet database engine cannot open the file '\SVKNFS080Pshareaccess97dboutlet.mdb'. It is already opened exclusively by another user, or you need permission to view its data.]
The mdb file is not locked, I think is a permission's problem.
Can anyone help me ?
Thanks in advance
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JobSeekerId (PK)
...............
(JobSeekerResumeTable - Stores Resume Details)
JobSeekerResumeId (PK)
JobSeekerId (FK)
Job Title (enabled Text Indexing)
........
(JobSeekerDocTable - Stores Resume Details)
JobSeekerDocId (PK)
JobSeekerId (FK)
Resume (as varbinary) (enabled Text Indexing)
Covering Letter (Text)
........
(JobSeekerPostingTable - Stores Job Postings Saved by the Job Seeker)
JobSeekerPostingId(PK)
JobSeekerId (FK)
JobPostingId (FK)
......
(JobSeekerAppliedTable - Stores Job Postings Applied by the Job Seeker)
JobSeekerAppliedId(PK)
JobSeekerId (FK)
JobPostingId (FK)
.....
(CompanyTable - Employer Details)
CompanyId(PK)
.....
(JobPostingTable - Stores the information of the Job Posting created by Employer)
JobPostingId(PK)
CompanyId(FK)
Job Title (enabled Text Indexing)
Job Desc(enabled Text Indexing)
.....
(JobPostingConTable - Stores the information of the Job Posting Location Details )
JobPostingConId(PK)
JobPostingId(FK)
.....
(CompResumeSaved - Job Seeker details saved by Employer)
CompResumeSaved(PK)
CompanyId(FK)
JobSeekerId(FK)
.....
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Im currently in the process of developing a new system in ASP.net. The system uses multiple tables from a SQL database. To link information from say the products table to the suppliers table a unique key from the suppliers table is stored in the products table to show which products each supplier has bought...simple so far.
From this I can then pull out any of the information relating to that product instead of just displaying the ID. Currently this is done by creating a stored procedure and then dragging the stored procedure onto the dataset layer to create the data adapter.
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I am trying to add a linked table to my server, it is an access table.
Here is the code i am using but i get an error:
EXEC sp_addlinkedserver
@server = 'AITdb_be2',
@provider = 'Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0',
@srvproduct = 'Access',
@datasrc = '\kcapp03deptsCommonEIQAIT DBTestAITdb_be.mdb'
GO
-- Set up login mapping using current user's security context
EXEC sp_addlinkedsrvlogin
@rmtsrvname = 'AITdb_be2',
@useself = 'false',
@rmtuser = 'Admin',
@rmtpassword = ''
GO
-- List the tables on the linked server
EXEC sp_tables_ex 'AITdb_be2'
GO
ERROR:
OLE DB provider "Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0" for linked server "AITdb_be2" returned message "The Microsoft Jet database engine cannot open the file '\kcapp03deptsCommonEIQAIT DBTestAITdb_be.mdb'. It is already opened exclusively by another user, or you need permission to view its data.".
Msg 7303, Level 16, State 1, Procedure sp_tables_ex, Line 41
Cannot initialize the data source object of OLE DB provider "Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0" for linked server "AITdb_be2".
I added a linked server successfully; but the only tables accessible areonly the system tables!I do have all the rights on both servers (Windows & SQL server).All the non system tables are designated as DBO.Strange thing is that I was able to access the non system tables onlyfrom the query analyzer (not from the SQL Manager tree) by using thefollowing script:EXEC sp_addlinkedserver 'LINKED_SERVER_NAME', N'SQL Server'GOSet ANSI_NULLS onSet ANSI_WARNINGS onGOSelect * From LINKED_SERVER_NAME.Database_name.DBO.table_nameGOThank you very muchMike*** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersdex.com ***
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I have an app that creates and attaches tables from SQL Server into an Access mdb using an ODBC link from VB6 using DAO 3.51 on Windows 2000. Recently I upgraded to SQL Server Express edition and tested it. It worked fine against the Express Edition. So, I installed SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition on our Server hoping that they operate identically. How wrong one can be! the same code that worked against Express Edition does not work on Standard Edition.
It is strange that the App works for about 5 seconds which attaches about 38 tables and after that the connection drops and I have a hell of a time to get the rest of the tables linked. The error that comes up is:
Connection failed:
SQLState: '01000'
SQL Server Error: 10060
[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][TCP/IP Sockets]ConnectionOpen (connect()).
Connection failed:
SQLState: '08001'
SQL Server Error: 11
[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][TCP/IP Sockets]General network error. Check your network documentation.
The PC that I am using to connect is in a different domain to the Server where the SQL Server database resides. I thought that domains might be the reason. But even joining the PC to the same domain as the server still does not work and behaves the same. So I do not think it is a domain related issue.
I have also looked at the SQL Server and database configurtaions. I cannot see anywhere any specific time out of around 5 seconds. Even the time out through the SQL Server ODBC driver is set to 30 seconds by default as far as I know. So, it looks like there is a time out somewhere but I am absolutely confused as to where this 5 second time out is comming from.
I also thought permissions on the database or tables might be the issue but after looking at the database and table permissions, they all look OK. The user has prettymuch the same access as the SA on the database.
Has anybody came across this problem? If so, I appreciate if someboday can give me a hint as to where I can start.
Thanks,