>I've seen the first technique shown there, but it requires that you are logged into a SQL-Server first. I cannot log into a server if I don't know what is available...
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>>>I now how to get a list of available SQL Servers on the network using SQL-DMO. Is there a way to get a list without using SQL-DML?
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>>See http://www.sqlmag.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=14327

Dan,

ISQL/OSQL are command-line utilites so you can run them using VFP RUN command and than parse there output.

lcTempFile = ...
RUN ISQL -L > "&lcTempFile"
? FILETOSTR(lcTempFile)