Querying an Oracle database from SQL Server

Question

I have an Oracle 11g XE database that I would like to transfer into SQL Server Express 2005.

At first I thought I\'d just generate the tables in Oracle as SQL, manip

Answer 1

select * 
from [server]..[xxx].[yyyyy] 

It works for me.

Answer 2

If you have successfully added your linked server, you no longer need OPENQUERY. You can just include the linked server name as the first part of the qualified name like so:

SELECT * FROM OracleLinkServer.database.schema.table

Not sure which parts you need, but the dots are key. Try this first:

SELECT * FROM OracleLinkServer...oracleTable

Answer 3

Change

,@provider = 'MSDASQL'

with

,@provider = 'MSDAORA'