changing servers dynamically via TSQL

I know you can easily change databases, as in Use "dbname". Can one
also easily change database servers without having to manually select
the server name from the dropdown?
Thanks a million!
Not at the TSQL level. TSQL is executed by the database server, so you are already connected to the
database server when your TSQL code is executed. So this would have to be done by the client app.
SQL Server 2005 has a successor to OSQL.EXE named SQLCMD.EXE, and I believe that this tool has some
such functionality.
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
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>I know you can easily change databases, as in Use "dbname". Can one
> also easily change database servers without having to manually select
> the server name from the dropdown?
> Thanks a million!
>
|||no can do with tsql. if you use sql2k5 sqlcmd, you can use :Connect to
switch server connection.
:Connect server_name[\instance_name] [-l timeout] [-U user_name [-P
password]] ,
Connects to an instance of SQL Server. Also closes the current connection.
-oj
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>I know you can easily change databases, as in Use "dbname". Can one
> also easily change database servers without having to manually select
> the server name from the dropdown?
> Thanks a million!
>
|||Thanks all for the replies. Not what I wanted to hear, but truth leads
to wisdom, or so they say. :-)
Thanks again.

changing servers dynamically via TSQL

I know you can easily change databases, as in Use "dbname". Can one
also easily change database servers without having to manually select
the server name from the dropdown?
Thanks a million!Not at the TSQL level. TSQL is executed by the database server, so you are already connected to the
database server when your TSQL code is executed. So this would have to be done by the client app.
SQL Server 2005 has a successor to OSQL.EXE named SQLCMD.EXE, and I believe that this tool has some
such functionality.
--
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
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>I know you can easily change databases, as in Use "dbname". Can one
> also easily change database servers without having to manually select
> the server name from the dropdown?
> Thanks a million!
>|||no can do with tsql. if you use sql2k5 sqlcmd, you can use :Connect to
switch server connection.
:Connect server_name[\instance_name] [-l timeout] [-U user_name [-P
password]] ,
Connects to an instance of SQL Server. Also closes the current connection.
-oj
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>I know you can easily change databases, as in Use "dbname". Can one
> also easily change database servers without having to manually select
> the server name from the dropdown?
> Thanks a million!
>|||Thanks all for the replies. Not what I wanted to hear, but truth leads
to wisdom, or so they say. :-)
Thanks again.

changing servers dynamically via TSQL

I know you can easily change databases, as in Use "dbname". Can one
also easily change database servers without having to manually select
the server name from the dropdown?
Thanks a million!Not at the TSQL level. TSQL is executed by the database server, so you are a
lready connected to the
database server when your TSQL code is executed. So this would have to be do
ne by the client app.
SQL Server 2005 has a successor to OSQL.EXE named SQLCMD.EXE, and I believe
that this tool has some
such functionality.
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
<google.1.jvmail@.spamgourmet.com> wrote in message
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>I know you can easily change databases, as in Use "dbname". Can one
> also easily change database servers without having to manually select
> the server name from the dropdown?
> Thanks a million!
>|||no can do with tsql. if you use sql2k5 sqlcmd, you can use :Connect to
switch server connection.
:Connect server_name[\instance_name] [-l timeout] [-U user_name
[-P
password]] ,
Connects to an instance of SQL Server. Also closes the current connection.
-oj
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>I know you can easily change databases, as in Use "dbname". Can one
> also easily change database servers without having to manually select
> the server name from the dropdown?
> Thanks a million!
>|||Thanks all for the replies. Not what I wanted to hear, but truth leads
to wisdom, or so they say. :-)
Thanks again.

Changing current database during local tx or xa tx

What are the consequences of changing the current database (using "use dbnam
e")
during a transaction?
If I modify multiple databases (on the same Sql Server instance) during a
transaction, will all changes be done in the same transaction (and commited/
rollbacked
atomically)?
Does using XA tx change the answer to the question?Taras Tielkes (taras.tielkes@.gmail.com) writes:
> What are the consequences of changing the current database (using "use
> dbname") during a transaction?
> If I modify multiple databases (on the same Sql Server instance) during
> a transaction, will all changes be done in the same transaction (and
> commited/rollbacked atomically)?
Yes.

> Does using XA tx change the answer to the question?
XA?
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@.sommarskog.se
Books Online for SQL Server SP3 at
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/techin.../2000/books.asp|||Taras Tielkes wrote:
> What are the consequences of changing the current database (using
> "use dbname") during a transaction?
> If I modify multiple databases (on the same Sql Server instance)
> during a transaction, will all changes be done in the same
> transaction (and commited/rollbacked atomically)?
> Does using XA tx change the answer to the question?
Yes. Same transaction. But you cannot use USE statements in stored
procedures or triggers. There's a better way, however. USE, which
physically changes a user's context, is an expensive operation. You're
just better off fully-qualifying the objects you are modifying. Then you
don't have to switch databases:
For example:
Update MyDB.dbo.MyTable SET ...
David Gugick
Quest Software
www.imceda.com
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