Question

I’m writing a database application that connects to SQL server. I’d like to implement a similar connection dialog box like the one in SQL Management Studio. I’ve already found a way to get the list of databases on a server, but I’d really like to get the list of available servers on the network so end users won’t have to type in the name/IP of the server.

Answer 1

From here:

CREATE PROCEDURE dbo.ListLocalServers  AS  BEGIN      SET NOCOUNT ON       CREATE TABLE #servers(sname VARCHAR(255))       INSERT #servers EXEC master..XP_CMDShell 'OSQL -L'      -- play with ISQL -L too, results differ slightly       DELETE #servers WHERE sname='Servers:'       SELECT LTRIM(sname) FROM #servers WHERE sname != 'NULL'       DROP TABLE #servers  END 

Alternative SQL DMO method here