--# sp_who2 alternatives --# Like sp_who2 --```sql SELECT spid, sp.[status], loginame [Login], hostname, blocked BlkBy, sd.name DBName, cmd Command, cpu CPUTime, physical_io DiskIO, last_batch LastBatch, [program_name] ProgramName FROM master.dbo.sysprocesses sp JOIN master.dbo.sysdatabases sd ON sp.dbid = sd.dbid ORDER BY spid --``` --# With SQL text --```sql SELECT sp.spid, sp.[status], loginame [Login], hostname, blocked BlkBy, sd.name DBName, cmd Command, cpu CPUTime, physical_io DiskIO, last_batch LastBatch, [program_name] ProgramName , qt.text AS [Parent Query] , sp.cmd --, sp.* FROM master.dbo.sysprocesses sp JOIN master.dbo.sysdatabases sd ON sp.dbid = sd.dbid CROSS APPLY sys.dm_exec_sql_text(sp.sql_handle) AS qt -- Don't show this query in results WHERE sp.spid <> @@SPID ORDER BY sp.spid --``` --## From JB --```sql SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL READ UNCOMMITTED; SET NOCOUNT ON; IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#activity') IS NOT NULL DROP TABLE #activity; IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#sp_who2') IS NOT NULL DROP TABLE #sp_who2; CREATE TABLE #sp_who2 ( SPID INT ,STATUS VARCHAR(999) ,LOGIN VARCHAR(512) ,HostName VARCHAR(512) ,BlkBy VARCHAR(999) ,DBName VARCHAR(512) ,Command VARCHAR(999) ,CPUTime BIGINT ,DiskIO BIGINT ,LastBatch VARCHAR(999) ,ProgramName VARCHAR(999) ,SPID2 INT ,RequestID INT ); INSERT #sp_who2 EXECUTE sp_who2 'active'; SELECT w.SPID ,STATUS ,LOGIN ,HostName ,BlkBy ,DBName ,Command ,Thrds ,CPUTime ,DiskIO ,LastBatch ,ProgramName = CASE WHEN ProgramName LIKE 'SQLAgent - TSQL JobStep (Job %' THEN 'SQLAgent - ' + j.name ELSE REPLACE(ProgramName, 'Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio', 'SSMS') END ,event_type ,event_info ,prm = ib.parameters ,ReqID = RequestID INTO #activity FROM ( SELECT SPID ,STATUS ,LOGIN ,HostName ,BlkBy = CONVERT(INT, CASE WHEN BlkBy = ' .' THEN 0 ELSE BlkBy END) ,DBName ,Command ,Thrds = COUNT(1) ,CPUTime = SUM(CPUTime) ,DiskIO = SUM(DiskIO) ,LastBatch ,ProgramName ,RequestID FROM #sp_who2 w GROUP BY SPID ,STATUS ,LOGIN ,HostName ,BlkBy ,DBName ,Command ,LastBatch ,ProgramName ,RequestID ) w OUTER APPLY sys.dm_exec_input_buffer(w.SPID, w.RequestID) ib LEFT JOIN ( SELECT j.name ,w.SPID FROM #sp_who2 w LEFT HASH JOIN msdb.dbo.sysjobs j WITH (NOLOCK) ON master.dbo.fn_varbintohexstr(CONVERT(VARBINARY(16), j.job_id)) = SUBSTRING(REPLACE([ProgramName], 'SQLAgent - TSQL JobStep (Job ', ''), 1, 34) WHERE w.ProgramName LIKE 'SQLAgent - TSQL JobStep (Job %' ) j ON j.SPID = w.SPID; SELECT * FROM #activity ORDER BY SPID ASC ,LOGIN DESC ,STATUS ASC; -- -- --Blocking Chain IF 1 = 1 BEGIN UPDATE ml SET ml.LOGIN = l.LOGIN FROM #activity ml INNER JOIN ( SELECT b.SPID ,b.LOGIN FROM #activity b WHERE b.LOGIN != '' ) l ON l.SPID = ml.SPID WHERE ml.LOGIN = '';; WITH BLOCKERS ( SPID ,BlkBy ,Lvl ,LOGIN ,event_type ,event_info ) AS ( SELECT SPID ,BlkBy ,Lvl = CONVERT(VARCHAR(1000), REPLICATE('0', 7 - LEN(CONVERT(VARCHAR, SPID))) + CONVERT(VARCHAR, SPID)) ,R.LOGIN ,R.event_type ,R.event_info FROM #activity R WHERE ( BlkBy = 0 OR BlkBy = SPID ) --not blocked; note fix for parallel queries AND NOT EXISTS ( SELECT * FROM #activity B WHERE B.SPID = R.SPID AND B.BlkBy != B.SPID AND B.BlkBy != 0 ) --root parallel spid not blocked on another thread AND EXISTS ( SELECT * FROM #activity B WHERE B.BlkBy = R.SPID AND B.BlkBy != B.SPID ) --root spid is blocking other spids UNION ALL SELECT R.SPID ,R.BlkBy ,Lvl = CONVERT(VARCHAR(1000), B.Lvl + RIGHT(CONVERT(VARCHAR(100), (1000000 + R.SPID)), 7)) ,R.LOGIN ,R.event_type ,R.event_info FROM #activity AS R INNER JOIN BLOCKERS B ON R.BlkBy = B.SPID WHERE R.BlkBy > 0 AND R.BlkBy != R.SPID ) SELECT N' ' + REPLICATE(N'| ', LEN(Lvl) / 7 - 1) + CASE WHEN (LEN(Lvl) / 7 - 1) = 0 THEN 'HEAD - ' ELSE '|------ ' END + CAST(SPID AS NVARCHAR(10)) + N' [' + LOGIN + N'] ' + ISNULL(event_info, '') AS BLOCKING_TREE FROM ( SELECT DISTINCT * FROM BLOCKERS ) b ORDER BY Lvl ASC ,SPID ASC; END; --```