Enable Ad Hoc Distributed Queries

[omacron]

Hi, Using MS SQL 2005

I am trying run the following script;

SELECT * into header FROM OPENROWSET('SQLOLEDB', 'IP Address';'sa';'Sa Password', 
'SELECT * FROM DBName.dbo.header')

I am getting this error;

Msg 15281, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
SQL Server blocked access to STATEMENT 'OpenRowset/OpenDatasource' of component 'Ad Hoc Distributed Queries' because this component is turned off as part of the security configuration for this server. A system administrator can enable the use of 'Ad Hoc Distributed Queries' by using sp_configure. For more information about enabling 'Ad Hoc Distributed Queries', see "Surface Area Configuration" in SQL Server Books Online.

I have try running this to enable it;

EXEC sp_configure 'Ad Hoc Distributed Queries', '1'

That gives me this error message;

Msg 15123, Level 16, State 1, Procedure sp_configure, Line 51
The configuration option 'Ad Hoc Distributed Queries' does not exist, or it may be an advanced option.

No I have found where to change this in Microsoft SQL Server 2005 => COnfiguration Tool => SQL Server 2005 Surface Area Configuration. This does fix my issue now but I need way to change this via a script so its much easier to configure future databases.

 

[SQLDenis]

EXECUTE sp_configure 'show advanced options', 1 
RECONFIGURE WITH OVERRIDE 
GO 

EXECUTE  sp_configure 'Ad Hoc Distributed Queries', '1'
RECONFIGURE WITH OVERRIDE 
GO 

EXECUTE sp_configure 'show advanced options', 0 
RECONFIGURE WITH OVERRIDE 
GO

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[omacron]

thank you very much that worked perfectly