Yeah, I was just messing around with nmap, which I use for port scanning from DOS.
"nmap 10.10.0.1-255 -p1433 -R -oX C:\port_scan.txt" would output an XML file I could then parse with CF, but reliability would probably be suspect. ~Brad -----Original Message----- From: Ken Wexel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 4:54 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: get a list of database servers on network In CF natively? Not any way that I'm aware of, but there are a variety of other apps to use (or code) that can scan for hosts listening on a given port... On 5/18/07, Brad Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's a good Friday question. > > > > In my internal web app, is it possible to populate a dropdown with a > list of computers on the network running a SQL Server. > > Basically, like in SQL enterprise Manager, when you would go to register > a new database with the wizard it would "search" somehow and give you a > list of servers to choose from. > > How did that work? Would it just scan the subnet for hosts with port > 1433 open? > > Is that possible with ColdFusion? > > > > Note: I am not talking about ColdFusion data sources at all here. > > > > ~Brad > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion MX7 and Flex 2 Build sales & marketing dashboard RIAâs for your business. Upgrade now http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2?sdid=RVJT Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:278658 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4

