Question

This is a is it possible question.

I have one database file that contains user information, I have another that is for support requests.

I want a view of my user data to be used in my support database. to link support jobs to the users. Is it possible to link this information through like linked tables in access and create a view of data from both systems.

If not I guess I could do a batch copy of the data each night into a table in the support system.

Any Ideas of how to do this.

The answer was

This was in my support database

SELECT     Org_Name, Org_id, Con_id, Con_FirstName, Con_LastName, UserName
FROM         SupportDb.dbo.qry_UserDetails

Answer 1

In the support database, create a synonym for the user table in the (remote) user database.

(Depending on user access privileges, this may require a linked server, or can simply done with server.database.schema.object notation)

Then, create a view that joins (local) support jobs with (remote) users.

Using this solution, you cannot enforce referential integrity though.