[redhopit]

Hello ,

is there any way (or API) to use to get a list of all installed DBMS in a computer using C# ?

I heared WMI can get informations about the system , but can it be used to get installed DBMS ?

any advice ?

Thanks!

[Curtis Rutland]

It's not like DBMSs all have something in common about themselves that you can check. You'd have to have a list of ones you'd look for, then check the installed programs to see if they have it.

[redhopit]

Curtis Rutland, on 02 February 2012 - 08:09 AM, said:

It's not like DBMSs all have something in common about themselves that you can check. You'd have to have a list of ones you'd look for, then check the installed programs to see if they have it.

Thanks for your reply.

I've already seen something similar , a software that's allow you to select from a dropdown a DBMS (in the dropdown there is only the installed DBMS which are running not stopped..).

I thought there would be an API to do this for C# i guess.

[Curtis Rutland]

I can almost guarantee you that the software you're talking about did it the way I said: they have a list of DBMSs, and each with it's own logic to find it and see if it's running.