>>>IIRC, try this:
>>>
>>>select column1 from Table1 where column2 in (select T2.pk_field from " + cSecondDb + ".Table2 as t2 where
>>>t2.field3 = 'xyz'
>>>
>>
>>Thank you. The important thing is that you used cSecondDb only once, in the FROM clause. This answers my question.
>
>That's because I'm lazy :).
>
>Theoretically, it may work with a longer syntax, but I never tried that.
I will be testing all cases in the SSMS.
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