How to detect sql servers on the net

Hi
Is there a way to detect any instances of sql server on the network.
Like all the Microsoft configuration tools do...
If there exists one, is it also possible to use it within the .net
environment?
Regards
StephanStephan Zaubzer wrote:

> Hi
> Is there a way to detect any instances of sql server on the network.
> Like all the Microsoft configuration tools do...
> If there exists one, is it also possible to use it within the .net
> environment?
> Regards
> Stephan
Use OSQL -L|||I was rather looking for a way to use it within an application
In my application I need a config window where I specify to which server
to connect to...
And I wanna show all available servers in the config window...
amish wrote:
> Stephan Zaubzer wrote:
>
>
> Use OSQL -L
>|||Stephan Zaubzer <stephan.zaubzer@.schendl.at> wrote in
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> I was rather looking for a way to use it within an application
> In my application I need a config window where I specify to which
> server to connect to...
> And I wanna show all available servers in the config window...
>
You can do this in two ways;
1. You can ask for a DataSourceEnumerator from your provider (the method
name may not be exactly that, but you can find it). 2. Use SMO to
enumerate the servers on the network.
Niels
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sed. So a server might be
in another domain, might not respond in time etc and hence will not show up.
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
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> You can do this in two ways;
> 1. You can ask for a DataSourceEnumerator from your provider (the method
> name may not be exactly that, but you can find it). 2. Use SMO to
> enumerate the servers on the network.
> Niels
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> ... and to my knowledge, this is still not reliable since broadcasting
> is used. So a server might be in another domain, might not respond in
> time etc and hence will not show up.
>
absolutely!!!! The methods I mentioned earlier are very brittle, and you
can not rely 100% on them. Also, as they use broadcast the methods are
sloooow.
Niels
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**********|||DataSourcEnumerator exists only in .net 2.0
Since I am working in VS.net 2003 and .net 1.1 I can't use it.
What exactly is SMO and how would I use it?
regards
Stephan
Niels Berglund wrote:
> Stephan Zaubzer <stephan.zaubzer@.schendl.at> wrote in
> news:438F2929.5030501@.schendl.at:
>
>
> You can do this in two ways;
> 1. You can ask for a DataSourceEnumerator from your provider (the method
> name may not be exactly that, but you can find it). 2. Use SMO to
> enumerate the servers on the network.
> Niels
>|||Stephan Zaubzer <stephan.zaubzer@.schendl.at> wrote in
news:uDd8Y019FHA.252@.TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl:
> DataSourcEnumerator exists only in .net 2.0
> Since I am working in VS.net 2003 and .net 1.1 I can't use it.
> What exactly is SMO and how would I use it?
> regards
> Stephan
> Niels Berglund wrote:
[snip]
Sorry Stephan abour DataSourceEnum. I'm afraid that SMO is in that case
not any better either. It is the new management object hierarchy in SQL
2005.
Niels
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