Returns the name of the remote Microsoft® SQL Server™ database server as it appears in the login record.

Syntax

@@REMSERVER

Return Types

nvarchar(256)

Remarks

@@REMSERVER enables a stored procedure to check the name of the database server from which the procedure is run.

Examples

This example creates a procedure, check_server, that returns the name of the remote server.

CREATE PROCEDURE check_server
AS
SELECT @@REMSERVER

The stored procedure is created on SEATTLE1, the local server. The user logs on to a remote server, LONDON2, and runs check_server.

exec SEATTLE1...check_server

Here is the result set:

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LONDON2

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