Showing posts with label dns. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dns. Show all posts

Sunday, February 19, 2012

how to get hostname via SQL command?

Hi!
Can something tell me how I can obtain the machine name (either IP address or DNS name) on which SQL Server is running via a SQL query?
select @.@.version returns a lot of useful information, however it doesn't return the host name.
thanks in advance
- GarryI haven't tested this, and it requires sysadmin privleges to run, but couldn't you use:EXECUTE master.dbo.xp_cmdshell 'SET COMPUTERNAME'-PatP