synonym.md

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Synonym

Creating a synonym for a table in another database

1. First, create a new database named test and set the current database to test:

   CREATE DATABASE test;
   GO
   
   USE test;
   GO

2. Next, create a new schema named purchasing inside the test database:

   CREATE SCHEMA purchasing;
   GO

3. Then, create a new table in the purchasing schema of the test database:

   CREATE TABLE test.purchasing.suppliers
   (
       supplier_id   INT
       PRIMARY KEY IDENTITY, 
       supplier_name NVARCHAR(100) NOT NULL
   );

4. After that, from the BikeStores database, create a synonym for the purchasing.suppliers table in the test database:

   USE BikeStores;
   GO
   
   CREATE SYNONYM suppliers 
   FOR test.purchasing.suppliers;
   

5. Finally, from the BikeStores database, refer to the test.purchasing.suppliers table using the suppliers synonym:

   SELECT * FROM suppliers;

6. Removing a synonym

   DROP SYNONYM IF EXISTS orders;

Reference

• sqlservertutorial