Using Openquery Without Returning Resultset

Hello,

Quick, and possibly strange, question.

I am doing some work testing the running time of some dynamic SQL
statements on a remote machine.  What I would like to do is execute
the SQL on the remote machine, without returning the result set to the
calling machine (this would skew the results, as my connection to the
remote machine is rather slow).

I believe SET ROWCOUNT 0 would work in principle, but the
documentation says:
"Causes Microsoft® SQL Server™ to stop processing the query after the
specified number of rows are returned."

I don't want processing to stop until all the records have been
identified.  I also don't know if "SET ROWCOUNT" works with openquery
(althought a non-openquery solution would also be acceptable).

The code will be running in a stored procedure, if that matters.

Any input would be much appreciated.


Phil