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Services running on local MSSQL server

Dec 7, 2009
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>>Script Language and Platform: SQL SERVER 2000

The procedure will list code, name and current state of each service that is installed on the machine where SQLSERVER2000 is running.

EXEC sp_services

Author: mikr0s


CREATE PROCEDURE sp_services
AS
CREATE TABLE #services (ident SMALLINT identity, fld NVARCHAR(200))
–get output of command in temporary table
INSERT INTO #services (fld)
EXEC master..xp_cmdshell ‘sc query state= all’ –remove ‘state= allfor displaying only running services
–keep only needed records (service code, service displayed name, state
DELETE FROM #services
WHERE ISNULL(fld, ”) NOT LIKE ‘SERVICE_NAME%’
AND ISNULL(fld, ”) NOT LIKE ‘DISPLAY_NAME%’
AND ISNULL(fld, ”) NOT LIKE ‘%STATE%’
–remove labels
UPDATE #services
SET fld = LTRIM(RIGHT(fld, LEN(fld) – CHARINDEX(‘:’, fld, 1)))
–display services, names and state
SELECT tbl1.fld AS srv_code, tbl2.fld AS srv_name, tbl3.fld AS state
FROM #services tbl1, #services tbl2, #services tbl3
WHERE tbl2.ident = tbl1.ident+1
AND tbl3.ident = tbl1.ident + 3
DROP TABLE #services
–EOF–



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