Application starts before SQL is running.

Very basic question.
OS Windows XP pro
On bootup, an application that starts automatically in the start-up folder,
starts before SQL server is running
This only happens on slower hardware, It must be a common problem, what's
the usual solution?
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Graham.
%Profound_observation%I just have a loop in my app where I have exception handling on logon and retry...
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Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
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http://sqlblog.com/blogs/tibor_karaszi
"Graham." <me@.privacy.com> wrote in message news:4686ab60$1_3@.mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com...
> Very basic question.
> OS Windows XP pro
> On bootup, an application that starts automatically in the start-up folder,
> starts before SQL server is running
> This only happens on slower hardware, It must be a common problem, what's
> the usual solution?
> --
> Graham.
> %Profound_observation%
>|||Another option is to have a vbscript with a timer to wait 5 mins or so on
boot, THEN fire off the executable for the app.
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TheSQLGuru
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"Graham." <me@.privacy.com> wrote in message
news:4686ab60$1_3@.mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com...
> Very basic question.
> OS Windows XP pro
> On bootup, an application that starts automatically in the start-up
> folder, starts before SQL server is running
> This only happens on slower hardware, It must be a common problem, what's
> the usual solution?
> --
> Graham.
> %Profound_observation%
>|||you can also check on whether the SQL server service is running
before your application starts trying to connect to the SQL server.
Change the Application to wait and try for 4-5 times(or based on the
customer experience) to connect to the MSSQL service.