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Asked: 2026-05-21T04:41:13+00:00

I have to write a number of queries in SQL Server Management Studio, most

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I have to write a number of queries in SQL Server Management Studio, most of which, however, are not in my current database, but to a remote one. So, any simple select query looks like:

select * from [top_database].subdatabase.subsubdatabase.actualtable

where all I want to do is write

select * from actualtable

Is there any way that I can customize SQL Server so that I hit some hotkey or expand a very minimal text which will then give me

[top_database].subdatabase.subsubdatabase.

right after my cursor?

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  1. Editorial Team

    You can create a synonym to your remote tables and use that synonym when you write queries. You can have a db at your server with all the synonyms you are likely to use. More work the first time you query a table but less work the next time.

    create synonym TableName for LinkedServerName.DataBaseName.SchemaName.TableName

    Then you can do

    select *
from TableName

    Not really an answer to your question but it could be helpful.

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