Posted by Erland Sommarskog on 01/05/07 23:32

Ted (r.ted.byers@rogers.com) writes:
> "Can we use a distributed SELECT statement in a view?"

Yes.

> and "Can we create a foreign key constraint that references a column in a
> view?"

No. Foreign keys are inside the database. To keep cross-database of
cross-server referential integrity, you will have to use triggers.



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