Server Alias/linked Server ALWAYS Uses A Distributed Query?

Apr 4, 2008



Can someone please shed some light on what seems to me to be a common requirement.

If I create an alias or linked server to Server1 - say Alias1 - on Server1 and then use that name in a query on Server1, a remote/distributed query is always used (even though we are running on the local server and that overhead is completely unnecessary).

Is SQL Server really not capable of deciding that
select * from Alias1.db1.dbo.table1
and
select * from Server1.db1.dbo.table1
should be optimized and executed exactly the same when Alias1 is Server1, but that it is a distributed query ONLY when Alias1 is really referring to a remote server? I realize that the four part name is not necessary when I am referring to objects on the current server, but I am trying to write code that is server instance independent.

It just seems that if that is not possible, then the only way to create system independent stored procs that can run in dev, staging, and production environments and work with multiple databases on multiple servers is to create all sorts of scripts to regenerate all the procs whenever you move a database between servers?

If SQL Server is even close to the enterprise big iron server that MS now claims it is, it surely needs to support running in dev, staging, and production environments and work with multiple databases on multiple servers?!

I'm really looking for someone to tell me I'm missing something simple, and of course you can do this - but complex workarounds are invited too :-)
This is not something I am investigating as an academic exercise, I am already doing this, but I have to figure out how to do it better because with all these unnecessary distributed queries, performance is horrible.

Thanks
Sean

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To resolve this problem, I was told that running a distributed query against a loopback linked server is not supported in SQL Server 2005. And I am suggested to use a remote server definition (sp_addserver) instead of a linked server definition to resolve this problem. (Although this is only a temporary resolution, which will deprecate in Katmai)

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Could anyone please help me out?
(I include the reproduce steps for the first error message, followed by my resolution that generates the second error message)
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Reproduce steps for the first error message
======


On the ComputerAInstanceA instance, run the following statement to create a database and a table:
CREATE DATABASE DatabaseA
GO
USE DatabaseA
GO
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GO
INSERT INTO TestTable VALUES (1, 'Hello World')
GO

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GO
USE DatabaseB
GO
CREATE TABLE TestTable (Col1 int, Col2 varchar(50))
GO

On the ComputerAInstanceA instance, create a linked server that links to the ComputerBInstanceB instance. Assume the name of the linked server is LNK_ServerB.

On the ComputerBInstanceB instance, create a linked server that links to the ComputerAInstanceA instance. Assume the name of the linked server is LNK_ServerA.

On the ComputerBInstanceB instance, run the following statement:
USE DatabaseB
GO
CREATE PROCEDURE InsertA AS
BEGIN
SELECT * from LNK_ServerA.DatabaseA.dbo.TestTable
END
GO

On the ComputerAInstanceA instance, run the following statement:
USE DatabaseA
GO
INSERT INTO TestTable
EXEC LNK_ServerB.DatabaseB.dbo.InsertA
GO
Then I receive the first error message.

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My resolution that generates the second error message
=======


On the ComputerBInstanceB instance, run the following statement:
sp_addserver 'ComputerAInstanceA'
GO
sp_serveroption 'ComputerAInstanceA', 'Data Access', 'TRUE'
GO
USE DatabaseB
GO
CREATE PROCEDURE InsertA AS
BEGIN
SELECT * FROM [ComputerAInstanceA].DatabaseA.dbo.TestTable
END
GO

On the ComputerAInstanceA instance, run the following statement:
USE DatabaseA
GO
INSERT INTO TestTable
EXECUTE [ComputerBInstanceB].[DatabaseB].[dbo].[InsertA]
GO
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       Copyright (c) 1988-2008 Microsoft Corporation
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part ref. repeatedly to linked server objects ?


Thanks a lot.

-Steve

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I need to query a linked server (which is Oracle) with some parameters. When I try to use a four part SQL statement, it does not work. But when I try to use OPEENQUERY statement, it works just fine. Problem comes when I need to send some parameters with the OPENQUERY'S 'query' part.

For example, the following statement works just fine:

SELECT *
FROM OPENQUERY(OracleLinked, "SELECT ACCOUNTNUMBER, POSTINGDATE FROM ORA_SERVER.FINANCEENTRY WHERE DATEOFENTRY BETWEEN '2000.01.01' AND '2000.01.31'")


But If I try to use:

DECLARE @DynamicSQL VARCHAR(1000),
@StartDate VARCHAR(10),
@EndDate VARCHAR(10)
SET @StartDate = '2000.01.01'
SET @EndDate = '2000.01.31'

SELECT @DynamicSQL = "SELECT ACCOUNTNUMBER, POSTINGDATE FROM ORA_SERVER.FINANCEENTRY WHERE DATEOFENTRY BETWEEN '" + @StartDate + "' AND '" + @EndDate + "'"
--SELECT @DynamicSQL

SELECT *
FROM OPENQUERY(OracleLinked, @DynamicSQL)

it does not work.

Well, I did some research and found out that OPENQUERY does not accept variables for its arguments. See the link below:(http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/psdk/sql/ts_oa-oz_5xix.htm)

Then is there any way I can accomplish what I want to on the Remote server?

Thanks in advance for your help.

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Hi,

I am now facing a problem related to the linked server. I created the connection between server A and B as linked servers. When I execute the following SQL statement on server A,

select * from B.database1.dbo.tableA where id ='12345'

I can get the results within couple of seconds. But the similar query would take several minutes if I switch the server name in the query from B to A and
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Do you have any clues and suggestions on this issue?

Thanks in advance.

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