How to copy table data from remote server to Local server in SQL Server 2008

Question

I am trying to copy all table data from server to my local database, like

INSERT INTO [.\SQLEXPRESS].[Mydatabase]..MYTable
   SELECT * 
   FROM [www.MYSite.com].[Mydatabase]..MYTable

www.MYSite.com having SQL LOGIN ID XYZ AND PASSWORD 1234

but I get an error:

Could not find server 'www.MYSite.com' in sys.servers.
Verify that the correct server name was specified. If necessary,
execute the stored procedure sp_addlinkedserver to add the server to sys.servers.

I want to copy all the data from Mytable of www.MYSite.com to Mytable of .\\SQLExpress .

How to resolve it? Please help.

Update :

I am using Microsoft Sync Framework 2.0 to sync all data from www.MYSite.com to .\\SQLExpress and vice versa, but in a one condition I want to copy data from www.MYSite.com to .\\SQLExpress without sync framework

Please Note I am passing those SQL Statement using C#..

Answer 1

When you specify a database on another server, like this:

SELECT * 
FROM [www.MYSite.com].[Mydatabase]..MYTable

... the server name needs to be one that the database server was previously configured to recognize. It needs to be in the system table sys.servers .

So, you need to configure your SQLExpress instance to "know about" that server.

You can do this in code, with the stored procedure sp_addlinkedserver . You can learn more about it here .

Or, you can do it through SSMS:

Answer 2

I hope the below information will help you: Using SQL Server Management Tools you can use the Import Feature .

1. Connect to your SQL instance server.
2. Select your database schema.
3. Right click Tasks > Import.
4. and follow wizard instructions.