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We use this to monitor basic things like ping, and if service are running. I know you can have it monitor an Oracle ODBC connection as well. Thank you, Dan Phillips Express Technologies, Inc. dba HalfPriceHosting, CFXHosting and Invotion. www.HalfPriceHosting.com www.CFXHosting.com www.Invotion.com -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Bridges [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 10:58 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Determining if cf is alive and communicative We need to write an agent in the *nix world to "ping" the cfmx services and determine not only if they are running but that they are able to communicate with an Oracle backend. Does anyone have suggestions on how to approach this problem? Thanks, Kevin Bridges ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting.