DBCC INPUTBUFFER (Transact-SQL)
Displays the last statement sent from a client to an instance of Microsoft SQL Server.
Syntax
DBCC INPUTBUFFER (session_id [ , request_id ])
[WITH NO_INFOMSGS ]
Arguments
session_id
Is the session ID associated with each active primary connection.request_id
Is the exact request (batch) to search for within the current session.The following query returns request_id:
SELECT request_id FROM sys.dm_exec_requests WHERE session_id = @@spid
WITH
Enables options to be specified.NO_INFOMSGS
Suppresses all informational messages that have severity levels from 0 through 10.
Result Sets
DBCC INPUTBUFFER returns a rowset with the following columns.
Column name |
Data type |
Description |
---|---|---|
EventType |
nvarchar(30) |
Event type. This could be RPC Event or Language Event. The output will be No Event when no last event was detected. |
Parameters |
int |
0 = Text 1- n = Parameters |
EventInfo |
nvarchar(4000) |
For an EventType of RPC, EventInfo contains only the procedure name. For an EventType of Language, only the first 4000 characters of the event are displayed. |
For example, DBCC INPUTBUFFER returns the following result set when the last event in the buffer is DBCC INPUTBUFFER(11).
EventType Parameters EventInfo
-------------- ---------- ---------------------
Language Event 0 DBCC INPUTBUFFER (11)
(1 row(s) affected)
DBCC execution completed. If DBCC printed error messages, contact your system administrator.
Permissions
Requires one of the following:
User must be a member of the sysadmin fixed server role.
User must have VIEW SERVER STATE permission.
session_id must be the same as the session ID on which the command is being run. To determine the session ID execute the following query:
SELECT @@spid
Examples
The following example runs DBCC INPUTBUFFER on a second connection while a long transaction is running on a previous connection.
CREATE TABLE T1 (Col1 int, Col2 char(3));
GO
DECLARE @i int;
SELECT @i = 0
BEGIN TRAN
SELECT @i = 0
WHILE (@i < 100000)
BEGIN
INSERT INTO T1 VALUES (@i, CAST(@i AS char(3)))
SELECT @i = @i + 1
END;
COMMIT TRAN;
--Start new connection #2.
DBCC INPUTBUFFER (52);