Cross-server SQL

Question

I want to port data from one server\'s database to another server\'s database. The databases are both on a different mssql 2005 server. Replication is probably not an option sin

Answer 1

Are SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) an option? If so, I'd use that.

Answer 2

Would you be transferring the whole content of the database from one server to another or just some data from a couple of tables?

For both options SSIS would do the job especially if you are planning to to the transfer on a regular basis.

If you simply want to copy some data from 1 or 2 tables and prefer to do it using TSQL in SQL Management Studio then you can use linked server as suggested by pelser

1. Set up the source database server as a linked server
2. Use the following syntax to access data

select columnName1, columnName2, etc from serverName.databaseName.schemaName.tableName