remote server and local server - distributed queries?

I have a remote server that I'm able to successfully register on a local sql
2000 server through EntMgr, and make successful selects on both remote and
local server databases via odbc.
Here's the question - Can I have a local server with some database/tables, a
remote server with some database2/tables, and make a single select statement
using table relationships from each? Without having to use DTS to make
imports/exports into the local server's database?
It seems that the connection object is specific to a server, but is there a
way to handle the reference to the remote server's database through a
database in the local server so that the connection object thinks
everything's local and can remain one-database-server-specific?
Sorry if I've communicated this poorly. I'd appreciate any responses.
Yes...you can do this.
A query can include tables on a linked server by using 4
part naming conventions:
server.database(or catalog).owner(or schema).table
You can also use some of the other distributed query
functions such as Openquery to do this.
-Sue
On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 08:55:03 -0800, janetb
<janetb@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I have a remote server that I'm able to successfully register on a local sql
>2000 server through EntMgr, and make successful selects on both remote and
>local server databases via odbc.
>Here's the question - Can I have a local server with some database/tables, a
>remote server with some database2/tables, and make a single select statement
>using table relationships from each? Without having to use DTS to make
>imports/exports into the local server's database?
>It seems that the connection object is specific to a server, but is there a
>way to handle the reference to the remote server's database through a
>database in the local server so that the connection object thinks
>everything's local and can remain one-database-server-specific?
>Sorry if I've communicated this poorly. I'd appreciate any responses.