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Old 06-25-04, 05:53
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Unhappy Pls Help - Urgent handling "-" in query

Hi,

i am using sp_addlinkedserver to connect with my another server.
Let say my current server name is anand and other server name is anand-new

now sp_addlinkedserver worked ok

Now i want to fetch some record from the anand-new server.

I am writing my query in I server (i.e. Anand)


SELECT TOP 10 * FROM anand-new.NEWSITE.DBO.Xyz_NEW

I am getting error

Server: Msg 170, Level 15, State 1, Line 1
Line 1: Incorrect syntax near '-'.


Pls help

Its urgent

Cheers,
Anand
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Old 06-25-04, 08:06
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SELECT TOP 10 * FROM [anand-new.NEWSITE.DBO.Xyz_NEW]
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Old 06-25-04, 08:18
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Sounds like you (or your DBA) should avoid using such characters in server names! I hate seeing SQL that is full of square brackets!
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