“Deferred prepare could not be completed” error when using local database as linked server

Question

I created a Linked Server from my local Sql Server, as given in

http://sqlserverplanet.com/dba/local-linked-server

However when I try to execute a stored pro

Answer 1

I had the same error trying to query through a linked server. However, I was querying a view on the target server, not a stored procedure.

The target server's view was created like this:

CREATE VIEW vABC AS
    SELECT ... FROM Table1
    UNION ALL
    SELECT ... FROM Table2

To fix the problem, I did an alter view, and wrapped the two UNION statements in a subquery, like this:

CREATE VIEW vABC AS
    SELECT * FROM (
        SELECT ... FROM Table1
        UNION ALL
        SELECT ... FROM Table2
    ) T

Must be some metadata issue with the original view.

Hope this helps you!