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SQL Profiler script to determine workstations not on ODBC native client
Hi, Could someone please help me to write a SQL Profiler script, to determine workstations that do not have ODBC native client installed? Thank you.
Isn't it easier to contact your Windows Admins and check if they can fetch that information for you? Usually they have some software that keeps track of installed applications in their environment, if so let them just run a report on the database.
You can use
sys.dm_exec_sessions to determine if an ODBC connection is being made but it will not give you what ODBC client the connection is using, neither will SQL Profile. If you have elevated privileges on your domain or network you would have to seek another source to get this information from the workstations of your users (VBScript, PowerShell, etc). Otherwise speak with your system administration team or possibly Helpdesk folks and they may already have a software inventory of the computers.
I got the answer elsewhere. Thanks anyway for those who replied. You just need to setup a template in the SQL Profiler and run it and it will capture workstations that are not using native odbc driver. Cheers.
can you provide a screenshot or script out the trace you are using. I tried doing this in SQL Profiler and I am not seeing the event that shows the connection info in that detail.
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