Selecting data from two different servers in SQL Server

Question

How can I select data in the same query from two different databases that are on two different servers in SQL Server?

Answer 1

try this:

SELECT * FROM OPENROWSET('SQLNCLI', 'Server=YOUR SERVER;Trusted_Connection=yes;','SELECT * FROM Table1') AS a
UNION
SELECT * FROM OPENROWSET('SQLNCLI', 'Server=ANOTHER SERVER;Trusted_Connection=yes;','SELECT * FROM Table1') AS a