Retrieve SQL Server port number from registry. Useful for SQL Servers running named instances or non-standard TCP port numbers.
DECLARE @test varchar(15),@value_name varchar(15),@RegistryPath varchar(200)
IF (charindex('\',@@SERVERNAME)<>0) -- Named Instance
BEGIN
SET @RegistryPath = 'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\' + RIGHT(@@SERVERNAME,LEN(@@SERVERNAME)-CHARINDEX('\',@@SERVERNAME)) + '\MSSQLServer\SuperSocketNetLib\Tcp'
END
ELSE -- Default Instance
BEGIN
SET @RegistryPath = 'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSSQLServer\MSSQLServer\SuperSocketNetLib\Tcp'
END
EXEC master..xp_regread @rootkey='HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE' ,@key=@RegistryPath,@value_name='TcpPort',@value=@test OUTPUT
Print 'The Port Number is '+ char(13)+ @test 
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