Testing for SQL Availability in ASP

[ccg]

In ASP (vbscript) is there a way to check to see if a SQL server is
online before trying to open a connection?

I have a situation where we have a SQL server that may be offline for
a couple minutes and right the ASP page returns:

Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server error '80004005'

[DBNETLIB][ConnectionOpen (Connect()).]SQL Server does not exist or
access denied.

I'd like to be able to first check to make sure the server is
available and if NOT, then skip the database connection on that page
altogether. Or, at least load the page without showing the error. I
have on error resume next but it still displays this error.

Thanks!

 

[Bob Barrows [MVP]]

Already answered over in .db

Please do not multipost ccg. This is definitely a database-related
question so .asp.db was the perfect group in which to post it. Posting it
here as well did not increase your chances of getting an answer (most of us
subscribe to both groups). On the contrary, if somebody had taken his time
to answer it here, only to find that it was already resolved in the other
group, that person may have been annoyed enough to ignore any future posts
from you, thereby decreasing your chances of getting help in the future.

There are times when you will not be sure which group is most appropriate
(again, this was not one of them), and you will want to post a question to
both groups. In that situation, you should use the cross-posting technique,
rather than posting the same message multiple times. To crosspost, put
a semicolon-delimited* list of the newsgroups to which you wish to post in
the To: header of your post and post it once. It, and any replies to it,
will appear in all the newsgroups in your list. So, if I reply in .asp.db,
my reply will also appear here in .asp.general.

* ... or whatever delimiter is recognized by your news client

Bob Barrows