How to list available instances of SQL Servers using SMO in C#?

Question

Can anybody explain me what I wrong I am doing in the following piece of code:

DataTable dt=SmoApplication.EnumAvailableSqlServer(true);
Server sr = new Serv         


        

Answer 1

Do you have a SQL Server with the instance name Test? If not, that is your problem.

It looks like you are trying to enumerate all of the local SQL Server instances. If so, this code will work:

DataTable dt = SmoApplication.EnumAvailableSqlServers(true);

foreach (DataRow dr in dt.Rows)
{
    Console.WriteLine(dr["Name"]);
    Console.WriteLine("   " + dr["Server"]);
    Console.WriteLine("   " + dr["Instance"]);
    Console.WriteLine("   " + dr["Version"]);
    Console.WriteLine("   " + dr["IsLocal"]);
}