> Why can't you use an Env variable to point to the server you want to query > from and switch the value back and forth as needed in the case that you want > to periodically switch back and forth between servers? Or write a function > that runs on server1 to query against the tables on server2 making the > results available to a query to be run on server1?
You can do all that. Unfortunately that wasn't, as Paul rightly picked up, the crux of my question. I wasn't asking how (or if) to do it programatically. I was asking if it can be done from the (connection made by the) mysql command line. I know how to do it programatically and that is what I'm going to have to end up resorting to. I was asking my question in hopes that there was an easier way. Chris --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
