Question

If I need to copy a stored procedure (SP) from one SQL Server to another I right click on the SP in SSMS and select Script Stored Procedure as > CREATE to > New Query Editor Window. I then change the connection by right clicking on that window and selecting Connection > Change Connection… and then selecting the new server and F5 to run the create on the new server.

So my question is ‘What is the T-SQL syntax to connect to another SQL Server?’ so that I can just paste that in the top of the create script and F5 to run it and it would switch to the new server and run the create script.

While typing the question I realized that if I gave you the back ground to what I’m trying to do that you might come up with a faster and better way from me to accomplish this.

Answer 1

Also, make sure when you write the query involving the linked server, you include brackets like this:

SELECT * FROM [LinkedServer].[RemoteDatabase].[User].[Table] 

I’ve found that at least on 2000/2005 the [] brackets are necessary, at least around the server name.