Passing data between two databases in SQL Server

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Is it possible to have a stored procedure in a SQL Server database look at tables in another SQL Server database by sending the second database name as a parameter to the stored procedure?
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Yes, if you have a linked server from the database server that you are connecting to, to the other database server and the login which you use to access the remote server via the linked server has access then you can access the remote database.

However using a variable for the database or server name would require using dynamic SQL.

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  • carlosdl
    It seems that I was typing an answer at the same time than Mrdenny, and one of the answers was overwritten. ---------------- You would need to configure a linked server in order to be able to query information from the other database, and the stored procedure would need to use dynamic sql. When you execute a distributed query against a linked server, you need to include a fully qualified, four-part table name for each data source to query. This four-part name should be in the form linked_server_name.catalog.schema.object_name. ----------------
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  • 2747031103112747
    I am having an issue similar as this one. I was asked to transfer "20%" data from our current databases to a new development server. I can not simply use Import/Export functions or Data Transfer Functions from SSIS because of more than 15 criteria for the "20%" data, the worst case we are not allowed to use the linked server neither. Are there any other alternative ways ?
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  • Denny Cherry
    You should start a new thread as your question don't have anything to do with the original question and will be a very different answer.
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