I have two different tables in two different databases ..
what I want to do is to check if the data of two columns exist in the other table .. if it does exist count
If I'm understanding you correctly, one option is to use exists:
exists
select * from table1 t1 where exists ( select 1 from table2 t2 where t1.column1 = t2.column1 and t1.column2 = t2.column2 )
This will return a list of rows from the first table that have a corresponding matching row in the second.