Displays the last statement sent from a client to an instance of Microsoft SQL Server.
Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions
DBCC INPUTBUFFER ( session_id [ , request_id ] )
[WITH NO_INFOMSGS ]
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session_id
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Is the session ID associated with each active primary connection.
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request_id
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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
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Enables options to be specified.
- NO_INFOMSGS
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Suppresses all informational messages that have severity levels from 0 through 10.
DBCC INPUTBUFFER returns a rowset with the following columns.
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Column name
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Data type
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Description
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EventType
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nvarchar(30)
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Event type. This could be RPC Event or Language Event. The output will be No Event when no last event was detected.
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Parameters
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int
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0 = Text
1- n = Parameters
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EventInfo
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nvarchar(4000)
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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.
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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.
Requires one of the following:
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User must be a member of the sysadmin fixed server role.
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User must have VIEW SERVER STATE permission.
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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:
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);
Reference
DBCC (Transact-SQL)
sp_who (Transact-SQL)
Trace Flags (Transact-SQL)
Help and Information
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