One aspect of our system requires our SQL Server instance to talk to a MySQL Server via a linked Server Connection.
MSSQL -> LinkedServer(MSDASQL ODBC Provider) -> MySQL ODBC Connector -> MySQL DB
The Table on the linked server is called in a SPROC along the lines of
CREATE PROCEDURE DoStuff
AS
SELECT a.ID, a.Name, b.OtherProperty
FROM MyDatabase..MyTable a
JOIN LINKSRVR...OtherTable b
ON a.ID = b.ID
GO
The problem is that the MySQL database lives on another network, only accessible by VPN & that the CREATE or ALTER statement breaks with the following error unless the VPN is active.
The OLE DB provider "MSDASQL" for linked server "LINKSRVR" reported an error.
The provider did not give any information about the error.
Cannot initialize the data source object of OLE DB provider
"MSDASQL" for linked server "LINKSRVR".
Is there anyway to force SQL Server to just go ahead and create the SPROC with the SQL I tell it and not to try and validate if the LinkedServer is up/down.