Summary

The adTempus user interface does not provide any way to determine what kind of database (Microsoft Access, Microsoft SQL Server, or SQL Server Desktop Engine (MSDE)) adTempus is using. The database type can be determined by examining the Registry.

More Information

To determine the database type, run the Registry Editor on the computer where the adTempus service is installed and navigate to the key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Arcana Development\adTempus".

If this key does not have a subkey named "Database", adTempus is using the Microsoft Access database.

If the Database key is present, display the "connectionString" value under that key and look for the section that begins "server=".

• If adTempus is using a SQL Server database, the server will be in the format "server=computername" where computername is the name of the computer where adTempus is installed.
• If adTempus is using the MSDE database engine, the server will be in one of the following formats: "server=.\adtempus", "server="computername\adtempus", or "server=127.0.0.1\adtempus". In all cases note the instance name "\adtempus", which indicates that adTempus is using the adTempus MSDE instance.

See Also

For information on modifying the database settings, see article K00000226.