>Is there a function or something that I can use to test for the existence of a SQL Server?
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>For example, is there something like this:
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>m.ifServerExist = SOMEFUNCTION("ABC_SQL01")
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>&& Where ABC_SQL01 = the DNS name or IP address of the server.
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>Thanks!!
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>Bob Bartel

Thanks to Naomi Nosonovsky I (or better She) found the author of that code.
The author is Anatoliy Mogylevets owner of new2news.com. And the code is copy & pasted from http://www.news2news.com/vfp/?example=165&function=252. Very useful site (if you didn't know about it till now).