Posted by Ted on 01/06/07 03:34

Erland Sommarskog wrote:
> 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.
>
>

Thanks Erland.

Ted
>
> --
> Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@sommarskog.se
>
> Books Online for SQL Server 2005 at
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/2005/downloads/books.mspx
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> http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodinfo/previousversions/books.mspx

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