Question: How can I DELETE using OPENQUERY? Normally for a SELECT from OPENQUERY , I'll do something like : SELECT col1 ,col2 FROM OPENQUERY (MY_LINKED_SERVER,'SELECT col1,col2 FROM MY_LINKED_TABLE') Can a similar method be used but for DELETE? Answer: To use DELETE , it's a similar process to the SELECT but using the DELETE syntax. Taking the SELECT example above - you'll do the following. Note:this example will delete ALL the rows in the linked server table . : DELETE FROM OPENQUERY (MY_LINKED_SERVER,'SELECT col1,col2 FROM MY_LINKED_TABLE') Read more on OPENQUERY,Linked Servers and AS400 SQL Server – Datetime date range , AS400... Read more →