--Create a linked server.
EXEC sp_addlinkedserver txtsrv, 'Jet 4.0',
'Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0',
'c:\data\distqry',
NULL,
'Text'
GO
--Set up login mappings.
EXEC sp_addlinkedsrvlogin txtsrv, FALSE, Admin, NULL
GO
--List the tables in the linked server.
EXEC sp_tables_ex txtsrv
GO
--Query one of the tables: file1#txt
--using a four-part name.
SELECT *
FROM txtsrv...[file1#txt]