Posted by Erland Sommarskog on 12/29/05 00:45

brogdonm (Brogdons@gmail.com) writes:
> I don't really know what DTS is, could you please inform me.

DTS = Data Transformation Services. This comes with SQL Server. DTS is
a tool for exporting and importing data. If you would like to drag
you entire table over to Oracle, this could be a good choice, particularly
if you are doing it on regular basis. Disclaimer: I have never used DTS
myself.

But if you want to run ad-hoc queries aginst the Oracle table, then it's
better to set up a linked server. You can then access the Oracle table
with four-part notation:

SELECT * FROM ORACLE.catalog.schema.tbl

and also join with local tables.

For information on setting up a linked server, see sp_addlinkedserver
in Books Online.


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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
Books Online for SQL Server 2000 at
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodinfo/previousversions/books.mspx

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