Currently in SA there are several ways to check a database * in SA via the SQL checker (using the old DMO libs) * in SA via the Oracle checker (using the Oracle Windows libs) * external COM check for SQL (2005/2008) using the current SMO libs * external COM check for ODBC * external COM mySQL
We are thinking about converting this to 1 type of db check that is based on the "native" client (for Oracle - SQL - Sybase - DB2 - Interbase - SQLBase - mySQL - SQLite - Postgress or ODBC). This would require that you changing your existing db checks (the COM ones would still work, the internal not) and that instead of "just" checking if a database is online (like the current SQL and Oracle check do) we would do execute a SQL statement just as we do in the ODBC checker. The idea is to remove the current MS-SQL and Oracle check from SA and replace it by the above check, other option would be to leave the old checks in it and create a new check (internal or as COM check) I would like some reactions/feedback on this idea.... -- Dirk Bulinckx Servers Alive - http://www.woodstone.nu DNS Hosting on StellarDNS - http://www.stellardns.com To unsubscribe send a message with UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line to [email protected] If you use auto-responders (like out-of-the-office messages), make sure that they are not sent to the list nor to individual members. Doing so will cause you to be automatically removed from the list.
