[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Sorry if i did not make myself clear. let me try again. | | I can detect when the db is up and not responding, however, | if the DB does not start at all, my local application hangs. I need to find a | way to determine if the DB has started, that's all.
Maybe (and only maybe) some code which will determine when the corresponding Service has started would suffice. There's probably a few ways to do that. Just as a starter, try using WMI: http://timgolden.me.uk/python/wmi.html <code> import wmi c = wmi.WMI () for msde_service in c.Win32_Service (Name="Name-of-msde-service"): if msde_service.State == "Stopped": print "Not up yet" </code> If this worked, you could use WMI events, but be warned, the most recent version of the WMI module has a bug in the event class which someone's pointed out and patched but which I haven't fixed yet. If you want to try WMI (and to use that module) then download the previous version; it'll work perfectly well for the purpose. TJG ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: http://www.star.net.uk ________________________________________________________________________ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
