Server.PingSqlServerVersion Method (String)

Gets the version number of the instance of SQL Server.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo
Assembly:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function PingSqlServerVersion ( _
    serverName As String _
) As ServerVersion
'Usage
Dim instance As Server 
Dim serverName As String 
Dim returnValue As ServerVersion 

returnValue = instance.PingSqlServerVersion(serverName)

public ServerVersion PingSqlServerVersion(
    string serverName
)

public:
ServerVersion^ PingSqlServerVersion(
    String^ serverName
)

member PingSqlServerVersion : 
        serverName:string -> ServerVersion

public function PingSqlServerVersion(
    serverName : String
) : ServerVersion

Parameters

• serverName
  Type: System.String
  A String value that specifies the name of the instance of SQL Server.

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Common.ServerVersion
A ServerVersion object value that specifies the version of the instance of SQL Server.

Examples

C#

Server srv = new Server("(local)");
Console.WriteLine(srv.PingSqlServerVersion("(local)"));

PowerShell

$srv = new-object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server("(local)")
Write-Host $srv.PingSqlServerVersion("(local)")

See Also

Reference

Server Class

PingSqlServerVersion Overload

Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo Namespace

Other Resources

Calling Methods

Managing Servers