Working with Servers

Note

  This feature will be removed in the next version of Microsoft SQL Server. Do not use this feature in new development work, and modify applications that currently use this feature as soon as possible.

The example code in this topic shows you how to connect to an Analysis server using Decision Support Objects (DSO) and list some of its property values.

If the Analysis server is not installed on the computer on which you are running this example, change LocalHost to the name of the Microsoft® Windows NT® Server 4.0 or Windows® 2000 computer where the Analysis server is installed and running.

List Servers

The following code example illustrates the use of the DSO.Server object in connecting to and retrieving attributes from an Analysis server. The following code example connects to the local Analysis server using the Connect method of the DSO.Server object, and then it displays some of the basic server properties in the Immediate window:

Private Sub ListServerProps()
    Dim dsoServer As DSO.Server
    Dim enuClassType As DSO.ClassTypes

    ' Create instance of server and connect.
    ' "LocalHost" will default to the
    ' local Windows NT Server 4.0 where the
    ' Analysis server is installed.
    Set dsoServer = New DSO.Server
    dsoServer.Connect "LocalHost"

    ' Show the server's information to the user.
    If dsoServer.ClassType = clsServer Then
        Debug.Print "Server Properties:"
        Debug.Print "       Name: " & dsoServer.Name
        Debug.Print "Description: " & dsoServer.Description
    End If

End Sub