sp_testlinkedserver (Transact-SQL)

Syntax

sp_testlinkedserver [ @servername ] =servername

Arguments

• [ @servername = ]servername
  Is the name of the linked server. servername is sysname, with no default value.

Return Code Value

0 (success) or 1 (failure)

Result Sets

None

Permissions

No permissions are checked; however, the caller must have the appropriate login mapping.

Examples

The following example creates a linked server named SEATTLESales, and then tests the connection.

USE master;
GO
EXEC sp_addlinkedserver 
    'SEATTLESales',
    N'SQL Server';
GO
sp_testlinkedserver SEATTLESales;
GO

See Also

Reference

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