Question

How to create a linked server…?

1st Server name is ABC.DATABASE1
2nd server name is EFG.DATABASE2

EFG database username is sa password is sa

I want to retrive the data’s from 2nd server thourgh 1st server

In the 1st server, i exectue the store procedure like this….

exec sp_linkedserver 'EFG'

Executed successfully,

When i tried to retrive the data, it is showing error as “login failed for user sa, Reason: Not associated with trusted sql server connection“

How to solve this problem…

Need help

Answer 1

In Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio check the login configuration of your linked servers properties on the *Security” tab and create a mapped remote login for your local sa account or configure an alternative login for all connections.

To create a linked server with a login mapping by executing sp_linkedserver, try

sp_addlinkedsrvlogin @rmtsrvname = N'EFG', @locallogin = N'sa', @useself = N'False', 
                     @rmtuser = N'your_remote_user', @rmtpassword = N'remotepassword'

To create a linked server with an alternative login, try

sp_addlinkedsrvlogin @rmtsrvname = N'EFG', @locallogin = NULL , @useself = N'False', 
                     @rmtuser = N'your_remote_user', @rmtpassword = N'remotepassword'