SQL Prompt
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SQL Prompt is not showing all linked servers
Category: Troubleshooting & error messages
Date: 17 Jan 2011
Product: SQL Prompt
Version: 5
SQL Prompt may not show all linked servers as candidates.
This can happen if the server at the other end of the "link" is not a Microsoft SQL Server. This information is also mentioned in the product help, but to be more specific, SQL Prompt is looking for linked servers that use the SQLNCLI (SQL Server Native Client) or SQLOLEDB (SQL Server OLE) drivers. There are some multi-purpose drivers that can connect to SQL Server, but not exclusively, such as MSDASQL. Linked servers using this driver will not be selected as candidates by SQL Prompt. Additionally, your account needs to have the VIEW SERVER DEFINITION user rights to be able to catalog the list of linked servers. The account used to connect by SQL Prompt must be able to successfully run the following query:
SELECT srvname, srvproduct, providername FROM master..sysservers
Document ID: KB201101000477 Keywords: Prompt, linked,server
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