sp_testlinkedserver (Transact-SQL)

Tests the connection to a linked server.

Syntax

sp_testlinkedserver [ @servername ] = servername

[ @servername = ] servername
Is the name of the linked server. servername is sysname, with no default value.

None

No permissions are checked; however, the caller must have the appropriate login mapping.

0 (success) or 1 (failure)

The following example creates a linked server named SEATTLESales, and then tests the connection.

USE master;
GO
EXEC sp_addlinkedserver 
    'SEATTLESales',
    N'SQL Server';
GO
sp_testlinkedserver SEATTLESales;
GO

Release	History
14 April 2006	New content: Added the Examples section.