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Querying and updating remote data

As mentioned earlier, queries with stretch-enabled tables return both local and remote data by default. You can manage the scope of queries by using the system stored procedure sys.sp_rda_set_query_mode to specify whether queries against the current Stretch-enabled database and its tables return both local and remote data, or local data only. The following modes are available:

LOCAL_AND_REMOTE (queries against Stretch-enabled tables return both local and remote data). This is the default mode.
LOCAL_ONLY (queries against Stretch-enabled tables return only local data).
DISABLED (queries against Stretch-enabled tables are not allowed).

When you specify the scope of queries against the Stretch Database, this ...

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