On Sat, 02 Dec 2006 07:39:51 GMT, Dennis Lee Bieber
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>On Sat, 02 Dec 2006 09:02:43 +1300, bill ramsay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>declaimed the following in comp.lang.python:
>
>> Dennis
>>
>> none of this matters, all i am trying to find out is whether or not
>> the local MSD
thank you paul, much appreciated
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I think the main point is that your Python code should be written in such a
way that when you attempt to connect to your local MSDE it will timeout
correctly instead of hanging.
Do you have a loop somewhere that just keeps retrying the connection instead
of giving up at some point?
Here are a co
bill ramsay wrote:
> none of this matters, all i am trying to find out is whether or not
> the local MSDE is actually running.
If it is a local MSDE then you may be able to rely on the connection
being refused if the server isn't running.
#-- begin
import socket
host = "127.0.0.1"
port = 1433
Dennis
none of this matters, all i am trying to find out is whether or not
the local MSDE is actually running.
I put all the other bits in there to try and put some background to
it.
kind regards
bill
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| Sorry if i did not make myself clear. let me try again.
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| I can detect when the db is up and not responding, however,
| if the DB does not start at all, my local application hangs. I need
to find a
| way to determine if the DB has started, that's all.
Maybe (and only
Sorry if i did not make myself clear. let me try again.
1. I have a series of servers running windows server 2003.
2 on each server there is an application running that communicates
with remote devices using email.
3. this application is made up from a series of modules that also
extract data fr
Hi
I wonder if anyone can help me with a problem that I have with MSDE
SQL db. [I am changing to SQL server soon].
I have an app that runs on a server that communicates with remote
devices using email, this and other similar servers then sends
XML/SOAP messages to a master application.
I am in
