New system procedures

Table 5-5 lists the new system procedures that support the Component Integration Services feature.

Table 5-5: New system procedures for CIS

System Procedure

Description

sp_addexternlogin

Creates an alternate login account and password to use when communicating with a remote server through CIS.

sp_addobjectdef

Specifies the mapping between a local table and an external storage location. sp_addobjectdef replaces the sp_addtabledef command.

sp_autoconnect

Defines a passthroughconnection to a remote server for a specific user, which allows the named user to enter passthrough mode automatically at login.

sp_configure "enable cis"

Enables or disables CIS. Default is 0 (disabled).

sp_defaultloc

Defines a default storage location for objects in a local database.

sp_dropexternlogin

Drops the definition of a remote login previously defined by sp_addexternlogin.

sp_dropobjectdef

Deletes the external storage mapping provided for a local object.

sp_passthru

Allows the user to pass a SQL command buffer to a remote server.

sp_remotesql

Establishes a connection to a remote server, passes a query buffer to the remote server from the client, and relays the results back to the client.