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Lock View: sp_lock2

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Introduction

As a SQL Server DBA, I often need a reference to information about

locks. Microsoft recommends to use sp_lock system stored procedure

to report locks information. This very useful procedure returns the

information about SQL Server process ID, which lock the data, about

locked database ID, about locked object ID, about locked index ID

and about type of locking (type, resource, mode and status columns).

This is the results set of sp_lock stored procedure:

spid   dbid   ObjId       IndId  Type Resource         Mode     Status

------ ------ ----------- ------ ---- ---------------- -------- ------

1 1 0 0 DB S GRANT

6 1 0 0 DB S GRANT

7 1 0 0 DB S GRANT

8 1 0 0 DB S GRANT

9 1 0 0 DB S GRANT

9 2 0 0 DB S GRANT

9 1 117575457 0 TAB IS GRANT

10 1 0 0 DB S GRANT

11 5 0 0 DB S GRANT

The information, returned by sp_lock stored procedure, is needed in

some clarification, because it's difficult to understand database

name, object name and index name by their ID numbers.

Microsoft provides an enhanced version of the sp_lock system stored

procedure, which returns user name, host name, database name and

object name also.

You can find this stored procedure at here:

INF: sp_lock2 Returns Additional Locking Details

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q255/5/96.ASP

This enhanced stored procedure works under SQL Server 7.0 as well, but

has syntax error under SQL Server 2000. It does not return the name of

an index also.

sp_lock2

Here you can find the new version of the sp_lock2 stored procedure

for SQL Server 7.0 and SQL Server 2000. This version returns index

name and object owner also.

You can use the following script to create the sp_lock2 procedure:

USE MASTER

GO

create procedure sp_lock2

@spid1 int = NULL, /* server process id to check for locks */

@spid2 int = NULL /* other process id to check for locks */

as

set nocount on

/*

** Show the locks for both parameters.

*/

declare @objid int,

@indid int,

@dbid int,

@string Nvarchar(255)

CREATE TABLE #locktable

(

spid smallint

,loginname nvarchar(20)

,hostname nvarchar(30)

,dbid int

,dbname nvarchar(20)

,ObjOwner nvarchar(128)

,objId int

,ObjName nvarchar(128)

,IndId int

,IndName nvarchar(128)

,Type nvarchar(4)

,Resource nvarchar(16)

,Mode nvarchar(8)

,Status nvarchar(5)

)

if @spid1 is not NULL

begin

INSERT #locktable

(

spid

,loginname

,hostname

,dbid

,dbname

,ObjOwner

,objId

,ObjName

,IndId

,IndName

,Type

,Resource

,Mode

,Status

)

select convert (smallint, l.req_spid)

,coalesce(substring (s.loginame, 1, 20),'')

,coalesce(substring (s.hostname, 1, 30),'')

,l.rsc_dbid

,substring (db_name(l.rsc_dbid), 1, 20)

,''

,l.rsc_objid

,''

,l.rsc_indid

,''

,substring (v.name, 1, 4)

,substring (l.rsc_text, 1, 16)

,substring (u.name, 1, 8)

,substring (x.name, 1, 5)

from master.dbo.syslockinfo l,

master.dbo.spt_values v,

master.dbo.spt_values x,

master.dbo.spt_values u,

master.dbo.sysprocesses s

where l.rsc_type = v.number

and v.type = 'LR'

and l.req_status = x.number

and x.type = 'LS'

and l.req_mode + 1 = u.number

and u.type = 'L'

and req_spid in (@spid1, @spid2)

and req_spid = s.spid

end

/*

** No parameters, so show all the locks.

*/

else

begin

INSERT #locktable

(

spid

,loginname

,hostname

,dbid

,dbname

,ObjOwner

,objId

,ObjName

,IndId

,IndName

,Type

,Resource

,Mode

,Status

)

select convert (smallint, l.req_spid)

,coalesce(substring (s.loginame, 1, 20),'')

,coalesce(substring (s.hostname, 1, 30),'')

,l.rsc_dbid

,substring (db_name(l.rsc_dbid), 1, 20)

,''

,l.rsc_objid

,''

,l.rsc_indid

,''

,substring (v.name, 1, 4)

,substring (l.rsc_text, 1, 16)

,substring (u.name, 1, 8)

,substring (x.name, 1, 5)

from master.dbo.syslockinfo l,

master.dbo.spt_values v,

master.dbo.spt_values x,

master.dbo.spt_values u,

master.dbo.sysprocesses s

where l.rsc_type = v.number

and v.type = 'LR'

and l.req_status = x.number

and x.type = 'LS'

and l.req_mode + 1 = u.number

and u.type = 'L'

and req_spid = s.spid

order by spID

END

DECLARE lock_cursor CURSOR

FOR SELECT dbid, ObjId, IndId FROM #locktable

WHERE Type <>'DB' and Type <> 'FIL'

OPEN lock_cursor

FETCH NEXT FROM lock_cursor INTO @dbid, @ObjId, @IndId

WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0

BEGIN

SELECT @string =

'USE ' + db_name(@dbid) + char(13)

+ 'update #locktable set ObjName = name, ObjOwner = USER_NAME(uid)'

+ ' from sysobjects where id = ' + convert(varchar(32),@objid)

+ ' and ObjId = ' + convert(varchar(32),@objid)

+ ' and dbid = ' + convert(varchar(32),@dbId)

EXECUTE (@string)

SELECT @string =

'USE ' + db_name(@dbid) + char(13)

+ 'update #locktable set IndName = i.name from sysindexes i '

+ ' where i.id = ' + convert(varchar(32),@objid)

+ ' and i.indid = ' + convert(varchar(32),@indid)

+ ' and ObjId = ' + convert(varchar(32),@objid)

+ ' and dbid = ' + convert(varchar(32),@dbId)

+ ' and #locktable.indid = ' + convert(varchar(32),@indid)

EXECUTE (@string)

FETCH NEXT FROM lock_cursor INTO @dbid, @ObjId, @IndId

END

CLOSE lock_cursor

DEALLOCATE lock_cursor

SELECT * FROM #locktable

return (0)

-- END sp_lock2

GO

Literature

  1. SQL Server Books Online
  2. sp_lock (T-SQL)

    http://support.microsoft.com/support/SQL/Content/inprodhlp/_sp_lock.asp

  3. INF: sp_lock2 Returns Additional Locking Details

    http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q255/5/96.ASP

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