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What is SQL Server SPwho2?
Provides information about current users, sessions, and processes in an instance of the Microsoft SQL Server Database Engine. The information can be filtered to return only those processes that are not idle, that belong to a specific user, or that belong to a specific session.
How do I know if SQL Server SP is running?
You can see anything running in SQL Server using sys. dm_exec_requests dmv. It captures everything not only stored procedures. If you look at the details of the dmv you can see the details it captures.
What is sleeping status in sp_who2?
Sleeping – The session with this status is actually not doing anything. I often see this status when all the tasks related to the threads are completed but the connection is still open. (You can open a new connection in SQL Server Management Studio and do not execute anything there.
What is a blocking query?
Blocking in SQL servers happens when a connection to SQL server blocks one or more query, and another connection to SQL server requires a conflicting lock type on query, or query locked by the primary connection. This leads to the another connection waiting until the primary connection releases its locks.
Is it possible to order the results of SP _ WHO2?
sp_who2 is one of the most useful and widely used stored procedures, along with its predecessor sp_who. However it is also one of the most frustrating as it only takes a single parameter and the results cannot be ordered. For a large server with a lot of connections this can be a real nuisance.
What does the info in SP _ who mean?
Info includes login names, hostnames, what kind of SQL command is running and which database it’s running against. The first 50 results are system SPIDS which you’d never kill. Unless, maybe you identify the lazy writer is broken or something?
Is the WHO2 function in SQL Server undocumented?
A word of warning. Sp_who2 is undocumented, meaning that Microsoft could change it in the future without warning. I’ve tested the code above on SQL Server 2005, 2008 and 2008 R2, however it’s possible that the columns or datatypes returned could change in future versions which would require a small change in the code.
Which is an example of SP _ who without parameters?
The following example uses sp_who without parameters to report all current users. The following example shows how to view information about a single current user by login name.