How to Insert into remote table using Linked server withint Transaction?

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My Linked server is setup correctly , I am able to perform below query.

INSERT INTO [RemoteServer].[Table] SELECT * FROM [LocalServer].[Table]

However when I do the same thing within transaction

BEGIN TRAN INSERT INTO [RemoteServer].[Table] SELECT * FROM [LocalServer].[Table] COMMIT TRAN

I get Errors like

OLE DB provider "SQLNCLI" for linked server "66.70.123.202" returned message "No transaction is active.". Msg 7391, Level 16, State 2, Line 3 The operation could not be performed because OLE DB provider "SQLNCLI" for linked server "66.70.123.202" was unable to begin a distributed transaction.

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sqlsql-serversql-server-2005linked-server
See: groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.sqlserver.server/msg/… – OMG Ponies
According this they are saying I should be able to PING Both servers from each other...but how can i do that ? They are on different domain. – Zeus
So at the end I am not doing my process in transaction. I am recovering my data inside try and catch block. – Zeus

1 Answers

2
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Check if MS DTC service is running on both servers and it is configured correctly to allow distribured queries.