Lookup Transformation: How can I join tables in different databases

I want to join tables that reside in different databases (same instance). The Lookup object only lets me select from one data source. Is there anyway to lookup using more than one data source? I can write a SQL query to lookup across databases.

Is this a feature that is being added to future releases?

I appreciate your help

-Marcus
Are these SQL Server databases? If so you can create a view in one database that selects data from another - thus making it appear as though the data is all in the same DB.

Voila!

-Jamie|||lol... didn't think of that one...

Thanks :)|||Still onthe lookup subject, I have noticed that if I write a simpley query in the box "User results of an SQL query" say select * from DB1.dbo.tablea, DB2.dbo.tableb, I can then click the "Build Query" button and hey presto both tables are then available for me to work with even thought they are from different databases. I do notice that the top left corner of the table boxes have an arrow.

However if I go straight to "Build Query", add my first table by right clicking and selecting "add table" there is no arrow in the top left corner of the table box. I can then modify the sql statment manually to include the table from the other database. This table then appears in the top window with an arrow in the top left corner of it's box.

Is this a bug? should there actually be an optin to add a table from an alternative database and it's missing? As detailed above I can manually add the tables and the tool recognisines them.

Has anyone else seen this? Has this been fixed in later builds? I'm using Junes.

Thanks|||

What you have observed is not a bug.

We do supply an option to add tables. But we only list tables in the current database context. Tables in other databases have to be added manually. This is the behavior in June CTP and are not changed since then.

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Do you know if this will be changed in future CTP's?

Thanks

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I do not think so.

But please feel free to open a DCR via BetaPlace.

|||What about MS Access using DAO? In DAO you use something like this.

CDaoRecordset rset(&db);
rset.Open(dbOpenSnapshot, SQLquery, dbReadOnly);

This does not allow for binding to more than one database at the time. Therefore, how can you do a join query between two tables residing in different databases?

Thank you.