There are various management views built into the product. On SQL 2000 you'd use sysprocesses. On SQL 2K5 there are more views like sys.dm_exec_connections, sys.dm_exec_sessions and sys.dm_exec_requests.
There are also procedures like sp_who that leverage these views. In 2K5 Management Studio you also get Activity Monitor.
This will show you the longest running SPIDs on a SQL 2000 server:
select
p.spid
, right(convert(varchar,
dateadd(ms, datediff(ms, P.last_batch, getdate()), '1900-01-01'),
121), 12) as 'batch_duration'
, P.program_name
, P.hostname
, P.loginame
from master.dbo.sysprocesses P
where P.spid > 50
and P.status not in ('background', 'sleeping')
and P.cmd not in ('AWAITING COMMAND'
,'MIRROR HANDLER'
,'LAZY WRITER'
,'CHECKPOINT SLEEP'
,'RA MANAGER')
order by batch_duration desc
If you need to see the SQL running for a given spid from the results, use something like this:
declare
@spid int
, @stmt_start int
, @stmt_end int
, @sql_handle binary(20)
set @spid = XXX -- Fill this in
select top 1
@sql_handle = sql_handle
, @stmt_start = case stmt_start when 0 then 0 else stmt_start / 2 end
, @stmt_end = case stmt_end when -1 then -1 else stmt_end / 2 end
from master.dbo.sysprocesses
where spid = @spid
order by ecid
SELECT
SUBSTRING( text,
COALESCE(NULLIF(@stmt_start, 0), 1),
CASE @stmt_end
WHEN -1
THEN DATALENGTH(text)
ELSE
(@stmt_end - @stmt_start)
END
)
FROM ::fn_get_sql(@sql_handle)here is a query that will show any queries that are blocking. I am not entirely sure if it will just show slow queries:
SELECT p.spid
,convert(char(12), d.name) db_name
, program_name
, convert(char(12), l.name) login_name
, convert(char(12), hostname) hostname
, cmd
, p.status
, p.blocked
, login_time
, last_batch
, p.spid
FROM master..sysprocesses p
JOIN master..sysdatabases d ON p.dbid = d.dbid
JOIN master..syslogins l ON p.sid = l.sid
WHERE p.blocked = 0
AND EXISTS ( SELECT 1
FROM master..sysprocesses p2
WHERE p2.blocked = p.spid )if you're running SQL 2005 or 2008, you could use the DMV's to find this...
SELECT *
FROM sys.dm_exec_requests
CROSS APPLY sys.dm_exec_sql_text(sql_handle)
- more about sys.dm_exec_requests
- more about sys.dm_exec_sql_text
