Thanx Pete and John. That script works fine for me. Looking for improvements.
Cheers MD 2006/1/27, John Beynon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > and that's not working? > > the admin API should be able to verify a DSN for you - if not the > factory service can, > > jb. > > On 27/01/06, Michel Deloux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > do you have suggestions about how to know if a external DB is online? > > > > I'm using this simple script: > > > > <cfsetting requesttimeout="500"> > > <cftransaction action="begin"> > > <cftry> > > <cfquery name="blabla" datasource="#app.DSN#"> > > select TOP 1 field from externalDB > > where 1=1 > > </cfquery> > > <cfcatch type="any"> > > Error - DB offline > > </cfcatch> > > </cftry> > > </cftransaction> > > > > Cheers > > > > MD > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:230582 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
