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    <p>Create a loopback linked server to the local instance, making sure that data access is enabled. Let's say you have a local named instance called <code>YourServer\SQL2008</code>:</p> <pre><code>USE [master]; GO EXEC sp_addlinkedserver @server = N'LoopbackLocal', @srvproduct = N'', @provider = N'SQLNCLI', @datasrc = N'.\SQL2008', @catalog = N'tempdb'; GO EXEC sp_serveroption @server = N'LoopbackLocal', @optname = N'collation compatible', @optvalue = N'true'; GO EXEC sp_serveroption @server = N'LoopbackLocal', @optname = N'data access', @optvalue = N'true'; GO EXEC sp_addlinkedsrvlogin @rmtsrvname = N'LoopbackLocal', @locallogin = NULL , @useself = N'True'; GO -- you may need to configure other security here </code></pre> <p>Then you can use <code>OPENQUERY</code> to run a stored procedure as if it were an ad hoc query.</p> <pre><code>SELECT COUNT(*) FROM OPENQUERY ( LoopbackLocal, 'EXEC dbo.my_sp' ) AS y; </code></pre> <p>Now, if <code>dbo.my_sp</code> dumps information into a #temp table first, you're going to have issues, since it is no longer a block of code that <code>OPENQUERY</code> can process. For example, if you try to execute <code>sp_who2</code> this way, at least in SQL Server 2012, you will get an error from <code>sp_describe_first_result_set</code> which <code>OPENQUERY</code> has been altered to use (so maybe this works for you now, I don't have 2008 to test, but it will be an issue someday):</p> <blockquote> <p>Msg 11526, Level 16, State 1, Procedure sp_describe_first_result_set, Line 1 <br>The metadata could not be determined because ... uses a temp table.</p> </blockquote> <p>If you're going to be doing this a lot, however, why not make specialized stored procedures (or add options to these ones) such that only a count is returned?</p>
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    1. COI do see this working, however I do not have permissions to perform this task (I'm not working from home, so it's something I unfortunately cannot fix/change). Also I won't be performing the task a lot, so I'd like to keep the process in one simple stored procedure if possible.
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    2. COIs there any way to make this work when the procedure uses a temp table? SQL 2012 gives an error about sp_describe_first_result_set failing with procs using temp table storage. Edit: nevermind, just saw your edit!
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    3. CO@KevinDahl I don't think so, it seems `OPENQUERY` has been changed to use those new procedures internally, and this is a known limitation with them (`OPENROWSET()` fails the same way).
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