Hi Mike,
As Kevin has mentioned, you can simply try connecting to the database(or
execute a simply query) to detect the database server availability. Also,
generally, we can specify a connectionTimeout period in the
connectionstring so that the connection estabhlish attemp will timeout in a
certain period .e.g.
======================
static private string GetConnectionString()
{
return "Data Source=(local);Initial Catalog=AdventureWorks;"
+ "Integrated Security=SSPI;Connection Timeout=30";
}
=====================.
Thus, you can control the connection establish attempt within a specific
timespan and determine whether the server is currently available.
Please feel free to post here if you have any other questions or ideas on
this.
Sincerely,
Steven Cheng
Microsoft MSDN Online Support Lead
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