[dba-SQLServer] Browsing tool?

Additionally the Machine that is said to have the Sql Server on it,
look for a service running named: MSSQLSERVER, where the executable
file name is sqlservr.exe



On Wed, 6 Oct 2004 14:08:24 -0600, Mackin, Christopher
<cmackin at quiznos.com> wrote:
> One simple way is to just create a text file and then rename it to .udl.  Once you open it you can set up a connection to it using the avaialble Providers.
> 
> -Chris Mackin
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:dba-sqlserver-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Andy
> Lacey
> Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 1:53 PM
> To: dba-sqlserver at databaseadvisors.com
> Subject: [dba-SQLServer] Browsing tool?
> 
> Hi folks
> 
> Next week I'm going to see a potential client (hurrah!). He has a 3rd party
> package specific to companies in the printing industry, and wants a simple
> contact management system which will link to the client data in this
> package. I suspect (but am not sure) that the package uses a SQL Server
> database. If I'm correct (and I've already asked how best to see if it's SQL
> Server d/b, thanks for help on that) and it is SQL Server then I'd like to
> see if I can link to it successfully. So, if I start from the worst case
> scenario that they won't have any software capable of linking to SQL Server
> does anyone have or know of any free utility which will fit on a CD that I
> could use just to look at a database, whatever the OS and whatever the SQL
> vintage?
> 
> -- Andy Lacey
> http://www.minstersystems.co.uk
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