Check if database server is available

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Hello,

I want to check if database server is available or not in my code.

I am using asp.net C# 4.0

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Posted 25-Dec-11 16:55pm

tejashri.gandhi

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Amir Mahfoozi 26-Dec-11 0:07am

you can use a try catch block :)

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Mehdi Gholam · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-25T19:00:00

To check if a server is available you can use Ping to see if the server address exists (this will only work if ping has not been blocked by a firewall) : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.net.networkinformation.ping.aspx[^]

The only real way to see if the database engine is working on a server is try to connect to it.