Find SQL Servers 2000 & 2005 on the net

In order to find SQL Servers 2000, in my .NET application, I successfully use
"SQLBrowseConnect" from ODBC32.DLL. But this doesn't seem to find instances
of SQL Servers 2005.
Is there anything else available to do this job? Thanks for any hint.
Axel Hecker
To see SQL 2005 instances using enumeration APIs, the SQL Browser service
needs to be running on each SQL 2005 server and the instance not explicitly
hidden.
Hope this helps.
Dan Guzman
SQL Server MVP
"AxelHecker" <AxelHecker@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> In order to find SQL Servers 2000, in my .NET application, I successfully
> use
> "SQLBrowseConnect" from ODBC32.DLL. But this doesn't seem to find
> instances
> of SQL Servers 2005.
> Is there anything else available to do this job? Thanks for any hint.
> Axel Hecker
>
|||Thanks for your reply!
SQL Browser service is running, and the instance is not hidden. But I think
I found out what was wrong: I assumed that SQLBrowseConnect would also find
local instances (which is not true).
Thanks anyway,
Axel Hecker
"Dan Guzman" schrieb:

> To see SQL 2005 instances using enumeration APIs, the SQL Browser service
> needs to be running on each SQL 2005 server and the instance not explicitly
> hidden.
> --
> Hope this helps.
> Dan Guzman
> SQL Server MVP
> "AxelHecker" <AxelHecker@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:73AB9D63-3B29-4926-A2F8-0330DDFF5D11@.microsoft.com...
>
>