Linked Server Properties (Server Options Page)

Use this tab to view or specify the following options.

Options

  • Collation Compatible
    Affects Distributed Query execution against linked servers. If this option is set to true, Microsoft SQL Server assumes that all characters in the linked server are compatible with the local server, with regard to character set and collation sequence (or sort order). This enables SQL Server to send comparisons on character columns to the provider. If this option is not set, SQL Server always evaluates comparisons on character columns locally.

    This option should be set only if it is certain that the data source corresponding to the linked server has the same character set and sort order as the local server.

  • Data Access
    Enables and disables a linked server for distributed query access.
  • Rpc
    Enables RPC from the given server.
  • Rpc Out
    Enables RPC to the given server.
  • Use Remote Collation
    Determines whether the collation of a remote column or of a local server will be used.

    If true, the collation of remote columns is used for SQL Server data sources, and the collation specified in collation name is used for non-SQL Server data sources.

    If false, distributed queries will always use the default collation of the local server, while collation name and the collation of remote columns are ignored. The default is false.

  • Collation Name
    Specifies the name of the collation used by the remote data source if use remote collation is true and the data source is not a SQL Server data source. The name must be one of the collations supported by SQL Server.

    Use this option when accessing an OLE DB data source other than SQL Server, but whose collation matches one of the SQL Server collations.

    The linked server must support a single collation to be used for all columns in that server. Do not set this option if the linked server supports multiple collations within a single data source, or if the linked server's collation cannot be determined to match one of the SQL Server collations.

  • Connection Timeout
    Time-out value for connecting to a linked server.

    If 0, use the sp_configure default.

  • Query Timeout
    Time-out value for queries against a linked server.

    If 0, use the sp_configure default.

See Also

Other Resources

sp_addlinkedserver (Transact-SQL)
Configuring Linked Servers for Delegation
OLE DB Providers Tested with SQL Server
sp_serveroption (Transact-SQL)

Help and Information

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