I would like to access a table in MS Access from a stored procedure on MS
SQL 2000. The MS Access DB is running on a diferent computer attached on the
same network. I think I need to create an ODBC connection from the MS SQL
2000 to the MS Access DB but not sure. Secondly how do I refer to the table
in the MS SQL stored proc?

Thanks for your input,

Joe Seamour

You need to add a linked server, and then you can query the Access database
directly. The BOL entry for sp_addlinkedserver shows an example, and the
topic "OLE DB Provider for Jet" has more details.

I've never set this up to use an Access DB on a different server myself, but
I think it should work if the MSSQL service account has permission to access
the share where the .mdb file is.

When the linked server is configured, you can query it like this.

SELECT * FROM MyLinkedServer...Table

Simon

"Joe Seamour" <jseamour@attbi.com> wrote in message
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> I would like to access a table in MS Access from a stored procedure on MS
> SQL 2000. The MS Access DB is running on a diferent computer attached on
the
> same network. I think I need to create an ODBC connection from the MS SQL
> 2000 to the MS Access DB but not sure. Secondly how do I refer to the
table
> in the MS SQL stored proc?
>
> Thanks for your input,
>
> Joe Seamour
>
>
>