David
Tue May 04 20:03:23 CDT 2004
WOW, thank you. Its been a rough day for me ;)
Thanks,
David Lozzi
"Aaron Bertrand - MVP" <aaron@TRASHaspfaq.com> wrote in message
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> Couldn't you simply try establishing a database connection to the other
> database server? That's what it's there for, after all?
>
> Besides, pinging the server only tells you that the external nic is
enabled
> and it is accepting traffic. Never mind that the server might be set to
> "hide" from pings (e.g. ping www.microsoft.com, you know it exists,
right?),
> even if a ping is positive, that doesn't tell you whether the database
> service is running, or if it will accept your credentials when you log on.
>
> --
> Aaron Bertrand
> SQL Server MVP
>
http://www.aspfaq.com/
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> "David Lozzi" <dlozzi@delphi-ts.com> wrote in message
> news:ODqcxmhMEHA.3668@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > I need to determine from ASP if the database server is up and running,
and
> > if it isn't ping another database server. I posted this before about a
> > different client, and I was told to request a file from the IIS server,
> and
> > if I cannot retrieve it, the server is not there. I cannot use this
method
> > due to one database box being Solaris and the other UNIX, so I need to
> ping.
> >
> > Thanks!
> > David Lozzi
> >
> >
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