> if you configured an MSSQL server to use a different (non-standard)

port,

> would it repsond anyway?
> Alan

Thanks for responding Alan, but I don't know the answer to your
question. I'm looking for a way for my users to point and click their
way to the right database connection, so they won't have to know how
to correctly format the connection string. Would it be practical to
write a program that would attempt to log on to a Firebird server on
each computer on my network. When the log on failed with a no answer,
I could conclude there was no server on that computer. Maybe if it
failed and said that the user/password was unknown, I could add it to
a list of available servers. Then, the user could choose that server
and log on if they had the right user/password.

Maybe someone has already done this or maybe it won't work. Thanks
for any help.

-Jack