Question Enumerate SQL Server Names and associated databases

alorenzini

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I am having a heck of time. I am looking for a way to enumerate SQL Servers in a combo box and then based on what is selected in the server combo box display the appropriate list of databases for that selected server in another combo box and once the database is selected then open the main form which is basically a dashboard for a document management application when I get that far.
\ I have been looking for the last few days for an example and am having no luck. I have seen bits and pieces using smo but does not serve quite my purpose. I am currently using VS2012. Any ideas would be do helpful.

Thank you,

Art Lorenzini
Sioux Falls,S D
 
I am having a heck of time. I am looking for a way to enumerate SQL Servers in a combo box and then based on what is selected in the server combo box display the appropriate list of databases for that selected server in another combo box and once the database is selected then open the main form which is basically a dashboard for a document management application when I get that far.
\ I have been looking for the last few days for an example and am having no luck. I have seen bits and pieces using smo but does not serve quite my purpose. I am currently using VS2012. Any ideas would be do helpful.

Thank you,

Art Lorenzini
Sioux Falls,S D
There's a couple of ways to do that: SQL Server query to find all current database names - Stack Overflow
 
Check out the code in the OptionsDialogue form of this example:

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It uses the SqlDataSourceEnumerator class to get the instance names and the SqlConnection.GetSchema method to get the database list for an instance. The relevant code is in the DropDown event handlers for the ComboBox controls.
 
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