Enable / enabling 'Ad Hoc Distributed Queries' for Sql Server 2005 (in query)
sp_configure 'show advanced options',1
reconfigure with override
go
sp_configure 'Ad Hoc Distributed Queries',1
reconfigure with override
go
easy? :-) other way
Exception:
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.