Can Express write to 2005 tables?

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Can Express write to 2005 tables?

Jeff Moden

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November 19, 2008 at 12:58 pm

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I can't find a definitive answer on the WEB or BOL... been searching for about an hour, now....
Does anyone know for sure if you can write to SQL Server 2005/2008 tables FROM the latest version of SQL Server Express? Maybe through a linked server or ??? A URL would really be helpful.:D
Thanks for the help, folks.
--Jeff Moden
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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004434 More actions · Answer 1

Ok... I think I found an answer that's good enough... the feature list at the following URL says that "Distributed Queries" are supported in SQL Server Express...

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143761(SQL.90).aspx

... and BOL says that "Linked Servers" are one way to do Distributed Queries.

Heh... I sure do hope that 2+2 is 4 in the Microsoft world.

To be sure, I'll download the app sometime this week and actually give it a try, but I needed a quick answer.

Thanks, folks.

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

Tim Mitchell SSCoach Points: 15685 More actions · Answer 2

Glad to help 🙂

Tim Mitchell
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