Can you get them to drop the firewall for a short period of time so that you can prove this si the problem? If its the firewall I would guess that you need to get them to open up the port for SQL Server.

>>Just a thought, can you reverse this and get from the server behind the firewall to the server you are working on?
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>Yes, I can but I can't use any SQL command that involves two o more tables from both servers, it takes forever and never ends that's why I had to go the other way in which it does work.
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>Thanks,
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>Luis
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>>>Hi,
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>>>I have a SQL Server that gets and updates data on another remote server (using it as a linked server). The fact is that it worked very well on things like:
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>>>Update
>>>   C
>>>Set
>>>   C.UpdateField = D.ValueField
>>>From
>>>   MyRemoteServer.MyDB.dbo.MyTable C
>>>   INNER JOIN MyLocalTable D
>>>      ON C.JoinField = D.JoinField
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>>>and other stuff like that...
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>>>Recently they installed a firewall (on another local server) after that I can only access the remote server through the Query Analyzer or as a registered server on Enterprise Manager but I can't access it as a linked server, it says "Error 17: Server does not exist or access denied." whenever I go to it on the Enterprise manager to see the tables. It worked very well before they install the firewall I did not change the configuration of the linked server so I don't know why it doesn't work as before. Can anybody help me? Or is there a another way that a stored procedure can do such things? I would appreciate it very much.
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>>>TIA
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>>>Luis