Selecting data from two different servers in SQL Server

Question

How can I select data in the same query from two different databases that are on two different servers in SQL Server?

Answer 1

SELECT
        *
FROM
        [SERVER2NAME].[THEDB].[THEOWNER].[THETABLE]

You can also look at using Linked Servers. Linked servers can be other types of data sources too such as DB2 platforms. This is one method for trying to access DB2 from a SQL Server TSQL or Sproc call...