I think I mentioned to you that I do everything backwards :)
And if I piss off someone while doing it, it is an additional benefit :)
Thank you for your message. You answered the question.
>OK, maybe I wasn't completely clear in my example....the "TestTable" was in a different database (I referred to it as TestDB)
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>But to answer your question.....
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>This is (probably) not necessary
>SELECT TestTable.Name from MySecondSQLServerDatabase.TestTable where MySecondSQLServerDatabase.TestTable.first_name = 'XYZ'
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>But this should work
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>SELECT TestTable.Name from MySecondSQLServerDatabase.TestTable where TestTable.first_name = 'XYZ'
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>But again...I *really* encourage you to use some type of proper alias. In all candor, it royally pisses me off when people don't do it.
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