>I'm tasked with SELECTing (only) from a FoxPro database that lives on a different network. I'm unclear on how to get this data into my SQL Server database locally... I'm using SSIS.
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>1) Direct table reference using OLEdb driver... I can get this to work ONLY if the VFP database is living on my network.
You have to have access to a table in order to use VFP ODBC driver or VFP OLE DB provider
>2) FTP the .dbf's locally and then use 1)
Sure
>3) Can I use OPENQUERY with the remot machine's IP address? Will I need to emulate a user on the VFP machine? Can someone post syntax for this?
See 1)
>4) LInked Server? Can somone post the command used to set up the linked server for a REMOTE machine if this is possible?
See 1)
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