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sp_spid.sql

May 9, 1998
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The main purpose of this procedure is to display the activity of a given spid.

It shows

1) A summary from sysprocesses including an English description of waittype and how long the spid has been active.
2) The input buffer
3) Current transaction count
4) An English description of any pstat status codes
5) The number and description of any locks held
6) The Current stored procedure that is executing with a pointer to the current line
7) The output buffer

For SQL Server 6.5

Author: Alan Enderby

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