What is the proper syntax in SQL Server for addressing tables?

Question

This seems like a fairly obvious question, but I haven\'t been able to think of the proper term for what I am trying to ask, so coming up with reference material for this ha

Answer 1

SQL Server has four part names:

• Most often you reference an object by name

  SELECT * FROM MyTable
  

• Then you can specify the owner or schema of the object:

  SELECT * FROM dbo.MyTable
  

• Then you can reference the database that the object lives in:

  SELECT * FROM master.dbo.MyTble
  

• Finally you can reference the table on a different server

  SELECT * FROM test1.master.dbo.MyTable
  

It's explained better than I can on MSDN