>>Hi All,
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>>Is it possible to create a Link Server in SQL Express 2008?
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>>I have a several clients that have database that can be sometine other then SQL Server, and I need to retrieve data from them. The small application do the rerieval needs to access the external database using a Link Server (inside SQL Express), but I can not determine how to setup the Link Server in SQL Express.
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>>Can anyone guide me to how to do this, or an possible alternate means?
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>I think BOL covers it up nicely
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>http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms188279.aspx
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>I think you should be able to set up Linked Server from SQL Server Express.

Thanks. i will take another look at the page (and other linked on it). But I don't think it mentions anything about how to create the linked server in SQL Express.