Comments on: A Better sp_who2 using DMVs (sp_who3)

By: Derek Dieter

Derek Dieter — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:36:36 +0000

Hi adonetok,

Yes, unfortunately you cannot run this in SQL 2000. It will only work in SQL 2005+

By: adonetok

adonetok — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 20:10:12 +0000

It is ok in sql 2008 but can not save in sql 2000, got an error:

Incorrect syntax near the keyword ‘OUTER’.

(OUTER APPLY sys.dm_exec_sql_text(er.sql_handle) st)

By: Derek D.

Derek D. — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 15:17:52 +0000

Great, glad this helped. I have considered altering this to include all sessions and not just active ones. I may add an additional example for that one. This helps me sometimes but I still find myself using sp_who2 a lot.

By: eatdirt

eatdirt — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:59:41 +0000

Excellent example, this is a big help for me in our monitoring application.

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Troubleshooting SQL Server Slowdowns — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 07:42:50 +0000

[...] fix. It is likely you have a run away query. The first thing you want to do is run sp_who2 (or sp_who3) and look for connections that have a SPID > 50 with abnormally high CPU time. The CPU time shown [...]