"Waldy" <someone@microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Guys,
> is there a quick and easy way of testing the availablity of
> a web service before making the actual web service call?

"Waldy" <someone@microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi there,
> what I mean is rather run through my code preparing the data
> e.t.c. only to fail on the web service call, is there a simple call to
> tell me yes or no whether the remote server is up and running.

>
> Regards,
>
> Steve W.
>
> "John Saunders [MVP]" <john.saunders at trizetto.com> wrote in message
> news:ujZKWm1iHHA.2272@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> "Waldy" <someone@microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:erKQeqxiHHA.680@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> Hi Guys,
>>> is there a quick and easy way of testing the availablity
>>> of a web service before making the actual web service call?
>>
>> Not really. In particular, what does "available" mean to you?
>>
>> Consider that you could create a "Ping" operation in your web service.
>> Your client could call that operation to determine if the web service is
>> installed correctly. Yet, it's possible that as soon as you call one of
>> your "real" operations, it can't connect to the database. Was the service
>> "available"?
>> --
>> John Saunders [MVP]
>>
>>
>
>

"John Saunders [MVP]" <john.saunders at trizetto.com> wrote in message
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> "Waldy" <someone@microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:erKQeqxiHHA.680@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Hi Guys,
>> is there a quick and easy way of testing the availablity of
>> a web service before making the actual web service call?
>
> Not really. In particular, what does "available" mean to you?
>
> Consider that you could create a "Ping" operation in your web service.
> Your client could call that operation to determine if the web service is
> installed correctly. Yet, it's possible that as soon as you call one of
> your "real" operations, it can't connect to the database. Was the service
> "available"?
> --
> John Saunders [MVP]
>
>