sp_servercaps system procedure

Displays information about a remote server's capabilities.

The server must be defined with the CREATE SERVER statement to use this system procedure.

Syntax

sp_servercaps( sname )

Arguments

Remarks

This procedure displays information about a remote server's capabilities. The capability information is used to determine how much of a SQL statement can be forwarded to a remote server. The ISYSCAPABILITY system table, which lists the server capabilities, is not populated until a connection is made to the first remote server.

Standards and compatibility

Permissions

None

Side effects

None

Example

To display information about the remote server testasa:

CALL sp_servercaps( 'testasa' );