domain name lookup??

[ajthomas]

hey.. im new to this.. and ive been working on a website.. and i want to offer the ability for visitors to my website to check to see if the domain they are wanting is already taken? I been been trying for a couple of dayz to figure out how to set it up and make it work on my site.. but no success yet. can anyone help me please??? does anyone know the code or whatever you need to make this work and also instructions on how to placer the code?? please let me me know if you do.
thanx
-AJ

 

[palbano]

> but no success yet

So what do you have so far?

> instructions on how to placer the code??

What does that mean?

-pete

 

[chiph]

To check to see if a domain name is available, you need to run the command "WHOIS". This is typically not available on Windows machines, but you might be able to find a freeware/shareware version.

So far as actually setting up your server to respond to a new domain name that a customer added, that's really tough, because you have to coordinate with your DNS provider, and update the record at Network Solutions. You could probably automate this, but it would require a lot of experience in doing this sort of thing manually. And would still have to be modified to work in your situation.

Chip H.

 

[silvers5]

Hmm.. you can't do this effectively.. using

http://www.serverobjects.com

aspdns component you can do a lookup of the domain, also you can open a shell on the server and ping to see the result.. (needs some permission assignements) but hence the domain can be taken and not activated.. a way is to post to a registrar site and see the result.. but this requires a deep knowledge of HTTP protocole and headers formatting...

rgrds Silvers5 aka El-pirate
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