@@SPID (Transact-SQL)

Returns the session ID of the current user process.

Note

This is called the server process ID in earlier versions of SQL Server.

Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions

Syntax

@@SPID

Return Types

smallint

Remarks

@@SPID can be used to identify the current user process in the output of sp_who.

Examples

This example returns the session ID, login name, and user name for the current user process.

SELECT @@SPID AS 'ID', SYSTEM_USER AS 'Login Name', USER AS 'User Name'

Here is the result set.

ID     Login Name                     User Name                     
------ ------------------------------ ------------------------------
54     SEATTLE\joanna                 dbo                           

See Also

Reference

Configuration Functions

sp_lock (Transact-SQL)

sp_who