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FREETEXTTABLE
The FREETEXTTABLE function is used in full-text queries. The syntax is as follows:
FREETEXTTABLE (, { | *}, ‘’)
OPENDATASOURCE
The OPENDATASOURCE function provides ad hoc connection information. The syntax is as follows:
OPENDATASOURCE (, )
The provider_name is the name registered as the ProgID of the OLE DB provider used to access the
data source. The init_string should be familiar to VB programmers, as this is the initialization string
to the OLE DB provider. For example, the init_string could look like:
“User Id=wonderison;Password=JuniorBlues;DataSource=MyServerName”
OPENQUERY
The OPENQUERY function executes the specified pass-through query on the specified linked_server.
The syntax is as follows:
OPENQUERY(, ‘’)
OPENROWSET
The OPENROWSET function accesses remote data from an OLE DB data source. The syntax is as follows:
OPENROWSET(‘’
{
‘’;’’;’’
| ‘’
},
{
[][]
| ‘’
})
Apendix A: System Functions
The provider_name parameter is a string representing the friendly name of the OLE DB provided as
specified in the registry. The data_source parameter is a string corresponding to the required OLE DB
data source. The user_id parameter is a relevant username to be passed to the OLE DB provider. The
password parameter is the password associated with the user_id.
The provider_string parameter is a provider-specific connection string and is used in place of the
datasource, user_id, and password combination.
The catalog parameter is the name of catalog/database that contains the required object. The schema
parameter is the name of the schema or object owner of the required object. The object parameter is the
object name.
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