The dbping utility is provided to help in troubleshooting connections. In particular, you can use it to test if a server with a particular name is available on your network.

The dbping utility takes a connection string as an option, but by default only those pieces required to locate a server are used. By default, it does not attempt to start a server, but may if the -d option is specified.

Examples

The following command line tests to see if a server named Waterloo is available over a TCP/IP connection:

dbping -c "ENG=Waterloo;CommLinks=tcpip"

The following command tests to see if a default server is available on the current computer.

dbping

See also

• Ping utility (dbping)