Re: 'Running' a file from PHP script

Jon, Not quite as simple as that. I can run the db application without any problem, but the db files tend to fall over occasionally. I have a script which cxhecks every 5 mins and boots them up if they are down. I'm looking for a way to get them up if the db search detects that they are down. I can do the detection bit, it's the getting the db file up and running bit I can't do. George ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Haworth" <jhaworth@witanjardine.co.uk> To: "'George Pitcher'" <fmdev@yahoo.co.uk> Cc: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 4:44 PM Subject: RE: [PHP] 'Running' a file from PHP script > > > > Basically I want to be able to test that the db is running and if it isn't > > then I want to 'run' it. Platform is NT, server is IIS4 > > > > It's a database, right? So surely it should be running as an NT service, in > which case it should be set to start automatically when the computer starts. > Your best bet to test for the existence is to try and connect to it with a > known good username and password - if that fails, it's likely that the > service isn't running. > > If it's not running automatically and all the time, then you don't have a > database server, you have a computer that happens to have database software > installed on it, in which case you should change your ISP. You can't use the > key inside the locked box to unlock the box. > > Cheers > Jon > > > ********************************************************************** > 'The information included in this Email is of a confidential nature and is > intended only for the addressee. If you are not the intended addressee, > any disclosure, copying or distribution by you is prohibited and may be > unlawful. Disclosure to any party other than the addressee, whether > inadvertent or otherwise is not intended to waive privilege or confidentiality' > > ********************************************************************** _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com