SQL Swiss Army Knife #11.1 - Locking, blocking and active transactions

Latest update: 12/2/2016 (Check change log)

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Hello all,
Following the series "SQL Swiss Army Knife", here is another version of this script that I’ve been using and tweaking for years now. This way I can get a quick overview of query execution on a given SQL Server instance, from SQL Server 2005 up to SQL Server 2016.

The script leverages on some known DMVs (sys.dm_exec_requests, sys.dm_exec_sessions, sys.dm_os_tasks, sys.dm_exec_query_plan, sys.dm_db_session_space_usage,  sys.dm_resource_governor_workload_groups, sys.dm_db_task_space_usage and sys.dm_tran_locks) and DMFs (sys.dm_exec_sql_text, sys.dm_exec_query_plan and sys.dm_exec_query_statistics_xml) to report on all running requests, waiter and blocking and SP execution statistics.

The first section will report on all requests. In here there is info on running batches, the statement in the batch that is currently running and its status. Also, there is information about the cached query plan, current I/O, CPU and time stats, the current wait type, resource (if any) and other useful data.

The output will look something like below, and you can get further detail on statements and plans by clicking on the XML links:

 

The second section is the Waiter and Blocking Report, where we find the queries that are blocked, such as the spid, its wait type, resource and time. Still on the blocked query, the associated batch, blocking elapsed time and database name. On the blockers, there is information on the spid, if it is the head blocker in a given blocking chain and what is the blocker batch. Additional information on the involved hosts and programs is also available.

As before, you can get further detail by clicking on the XML links:

 

And last, starting with SQL Server 2012, you can get some details on Stored Procedures execution statistics from the sys.dm_exec_procedure_stats DMV, like below:

 

That’s it for now, hope you find it useful.

Until next time!

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Change log:

Version	Date	Comments
1	18-09-2012	Initial release.
1.1	12-04-2013	Added page type information (PFS; GAM or SGAM) when wait type is PAGELATCH_ or PAGEIOLATCH_.
1.2	23-05-2013	Fixed parse page issue.
1.3	17-10-2013	Added memory grant info, statements to blocking and blocked sections of blocking report, and fixed head blocker info.
1.4	09-12-2013	Fixed blocking section showing non-blocked sessions.
1.5	09-04-2014	Added information to blocking section, and fixed conversion issues.
1.6	09-04-2014	Handle illegal characters in XML conversion.
1.7	11/17/2016	support for SQL Server 2016 SP1 and live query plan snapshot.
1.8	12/2/2016	Fixed transport-level error issue with SQL Server 2016 SP1.

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Comments

• Anonymous
  September 18, 2012
  Can't download the file, since it points to your local drive. Please fix the download, thanks
• Anonymous
  September 18, 2012
  Thanks for that! All fixed now!
• Anonymous
  April 29, 2014
  EDIT (30-04-2014): Detailed categorization of memory related waitsHello,The topic of Waits and