keep track of SQL Statement

  • We found somebody logined our sql server 3 days ago. I want to keep track of what kind of sql statements this user used and what this user did. How can I find this information. Is there table or log to save statement excution history? How can I retrieve them? Thanks.

  • Only thing I can suggest is starting a Profile Trace filtering on spid, or login, or whatever is unique and capturing. Unfortunately, this won't tell you what they did... but what they are doing ( since the start of the trace )

    see SQL Profiler

    Todd Carrier
    MCITP - Database Administrator (SQL 2008)
    MCSE: Data Platform (SQL 2012)

  • Also, in activity monitor... last batch column. Or right click on the session and view details.

    grab the spid and execute

    dbcc inputbuffer (spid)

    perhaps just a hung connection that is inactive?

    Todd Carrier
    MCITP - Database Administrator (SQL 2008)
    MCSE: Data Platform (SQL 2012)

  • Since you're on SQL 2005, you can use one of the DMVs to retreive tha last statement executed, instead of InputBuffer that only returns 255 characters

    SELECT er.session_id, blocking_session_id, wait_type, wait_time, wait_resource, database_id, login_time, login_name, command, st.text

    FROM sys.dm_exec_requests er INNER JOIN sys.dm_exec_sessions es ON er.session_id = es.session_id

    CROSS APPLY sys.dm_exec_sql_text(sql_handle) st

    WHERE session_id = @Spid_Of_Suspicious_Connection

    Of course, it won't help you is the connection has been closed. Also, if the user ran a stored proc, you will see the create statement of the proc, not the exec of the proc.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • Thanks !

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