Use fn_get_sql instead of DBCC INPUTBUFFER


	Use fn_get_sql instead of DBCC INPUTBUFFER

Osolage

5-14-2007 1:22 PM

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sql server, database

Osolage says:

This is going to help quite a bit as we are getting into evaluating performance and concurrency issues.

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<FONT color="blue">DECLARE</FONT> @handle <FONT color="blue">binary</FONT>(20)
<FONT color="blue">SELECT</FONT> @handle = sql_handle
    <FONT color="blue">FROM</FONT> master..sysprocesses
    <FONT color="blue">WHERE</FONT> spid = @@SPID
<FONT color="blue">SELECT</FONT> [text] 
    <FONT color="blue">FROM</FONT> ::fn_get_sql(@handle)
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