Question

Is it possible to programmatically create a DBLink in SQL server 2005 in C#?

Suppose I have database A and B. I want to create a DBlink in A to connect B. I will capture the B database info from user and create the DBLink in database A. Is this possible in C# .Net version 2.0?

Answer 1

You can add a linked server with sp_addlinkedserver:

EXEC sp_addlinkedserver
    @server = 'OracleHost',
    @srvproduct = 'Oracle',
    @provider = 'MSDAORA',
    @datasrc = 'MyServer'

From C#, you can store this query in a SqlCommand, and call ExecuteNonQuery() to execute it on the database.