While analyzing Process/Session Information in SQL Server Current Activity over the last several months on our ERP's SQL Server I have noticed that the number of sessions open starts at a very low number after a system reboot (150), then slowly grows as users login and system activity increases. This seems very normal, except that over the next few weeks the number slowly increases (3500) until we reboot.
After looking at the sessions closely many of them have login times and last batch times that are the same, which tells me that a connection was made, but nothing has really happened since. For example, many of the sessions were opened 5 days ago and the last batch run by these sessions were 5 days ago too. Most of them are have a last SQL command batch ran as “sp_cursorclose;1”, ”sp_cursorunprepare;1”, or ”sp_cursorexecute;1”.
Performance definitely degrades over time as the number of sessions increases, until we reboot. Also, you would expect to see this number of sessions decrease during slow times, but this does not occur. Could something be mistakenly leaving connections open?
SQL Server 2000 sp3
Windows Server 2000 sp3
ERP - PeopleSoft EnterpriseOne XE
hi all i am using .net web application with sql server as my database, i want to login by authentication from my database which i ave done but now i want to add session but dont know the code so if anyone can help me with stepwise process to assign username in the seeion also to create and destroy the session.urgent help required
How can many users share the same .adp front end, just like it as if it was a .mdb file? The problem I've ran was the following...user A logs in, user B tries to use the same .adp front end, but gets a message that is already in use therefore can't get in. Thanks in advance!
Is there a way to find the max number of sessions that were on a sql server since its last restart? I know how to get how many total connections there were since last restart, and the current number of sessions, but not the max number of sessions that were running since last restart. Also, opinion on the optinum number of allowable sessions, or a good way to figure out the balance?
We have a big software that run a warehouse distribution center, written in .NET Backhand is a SQL Server 2008 R2 STD database.
Now, it seems there is a problem with the sessions not being properly closed after each call to the DB. Here is the message got form SQL:
DESCRIPTION:A new connection was rejected because the maximum number of connections on session ID 57 has been reached. Close an existing connection on this session and retry.
In the .NET code, connection is made with the following code:
If oConn Is Nothing Then oConn = New SqlConnection If oConn.State = ConnectionState.Open Then oConn.Close() With oConn .ConnectionString = "Server=" & Server & ";Database=" & DB & ";User ID=" & User & ";Password=" & Pass & ";Connection Timeout=" & 5 & ";MultipleActiveResultSets=" & True .Open() End With
This code is called once, at the opening of the software
StoredProc are call with the code: Try oCmd = New SqlCommand With oCmd .Connection = oConn .CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure
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So every Command is closed after execution, yet, they stay active in the SQL Server. Is there something I'm missing here?
I am looking for an example of how to navigate N records at a time using Server side cursors in SQL Server and ASP. I immagine I have to declare cursors, fetch rows, etc. but I would like to see a specific example. Does anybody know where I can find this information or maybe provide me with an example? Thanks for the help, I am a bit lost with this.
Hi, I'm migrating an Application from .net / oracle to .net / sql server express In the Oracle DB, there are several Stored Procedures that return cursors that are thrown into DataSets in the application. I'm converting the Data Access Layer class right now and I realized in this line of code:cmd.Parameters.Add(New SqlParameter("csr_out", OracleType.Cursor)).Direction = ParameterDirection.Output that there is no cmd.Parameters.Add(New SqlParameter("csr_out", SqlDbType.Cursor)).Direction = ParameterDirection.Output ??? What would be the equivalent of retrieving an Oracle cursor into a DataSet using SQL Server ? Thanks
I have read ample technical papers on Cursors. I like to use cursors because it gives you a row by row control in a stored procedure. But most articles I have read advise against the use of cursors (server side).I typically use read only or Forward Only Cursors. This seems to be the best way to transpose data.My questions is, is there any guildlines to using cursors? Do you look at the performance of the cursor? If the query runs in 30 seconds and the cursor process is 15 seconds, is that acceptable (based on a million transactions, but filtering 1000-2000 records based on indexed fields.)?Or is it better to break cursor based steps into multiple queries with insert / update to generate a transposed output? Even if this involves a base query with multiple joins. Is it better to hammer SQL Server once and then output the results on a row by row, column by column basis, or do multiple queries.The bottom line is I have been able to provide the required output using cursors, but I just don't want to potentially bog down the system.Can anyone list specific cases where a cursor was a better method than multiple queries? And particularily with large volume data mining operations. Thanks DotNetNow
Hi Everyone!We are using a cursor for paging results in SQL server, mainly due tothe performance gains achieved when working with large results sets.We have found this to be of great benefit when working with SQL Server2000, but have run into major problems when using it on SQL Server2005.The query goes like this:DECLARE @PageSize intSET @PageSize = 10DECLARE @PK intDECLARE @tblPK TABLE (PK int NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY)DECLARE PagingCursor CURSOR DYNAMIC READ_ONLY FORSELECT KeyID FROM JobTable WHERE KeyID IN(SELECT KeyID FROM JobTableWHERE Criteria = TRUE) ORDER BY JobTable.KeyIDOPEN PagingCursorFETCH RELATIVE 1 FROM PagingCursor INTO @PKSET NOCOUNT ONWHILE @PageSize > 0 AND @@FETCH_STATUS = 0BEGININSERT @tblPK (PK) VALUES (@PK)FETCH NEXT FROM PagingCursor INTO @PKSET @PageSize = @PageSize - 1ENDCLOSE PagingCursorDEALLOCATE PagingCursorSELECT ResultsFields FROM JobTable INNER JOIN @tblPK tblPK ONJobTable.KeyID = tblPK.PK WHERE Criteria = TRUE ORDER BYJobTable.KeyIDI know this doesn't look as optimised as it should but there is a lothappening under the hood to get it to this point. This aside, theremust be a reason why performance suffers so much with SQL 2005?Inserting a print statement into the cursor loop outputting the datestamp showed that each iteration was taking approx 4.5 seconds. Thisis a problem we never experienced in SQL Server 2000.Any help would be greatly appreciated!Thanks in advance,Steve
I have a table with the following columns employeeSessionID, OpDate, OpHour, sessionStartTime, sessionCloseTime. I need to see how many users remain active per hour. I can calculate how many logged in per hour, but I am stumped on how to count how many are active per hour. I have a single table that stores login data. I have created a query that pulls out the only the data needed from the table into a temp table using this query. Also note it is possible that the sessionCloseTime is null if the device has not been logged out this would need to be counted a active.
TABLE NAME #empSessionLog Contains the time stamp data OpDate, sessionStartTime and sessionCloseTime. OpDatesessionStartTimesessionCloseTime 2015-01-202015-01-20 14:32:59.1302015-01-20 14:33:14.6299166 2015-01-202015-01-20 06:58:33.7302015-01-20 15:27:16.9133442 2015-01-202015-01-20 09:56:22.8402015-01-20 17:56:29.7555853 2015-01-202015-01-20 05:59:18.6132015-01-20 14:05:19.0426707
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can see how many sessions logged in per hour with the following statement:
SELECT opDate, FORMAT(DATEPART(HOUR, sessionStartTime), '00') AS opHour, Count(*) AS Total FROM #empSessionLog Group BY opDate, FORMAT(DATEPART(HOUR, sessionStartTime), '00') Order BY opDate, FORMAT(DATEPART(HOUR, sessionStartTime), '00') ASCResults: opDateopHourTotal 2015-01-20041
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Where I am stuck is how do I count the sessions that remain active per hour until the session is closed with the sessionCloseTime.
I created am inventory table with few columns say, Servername, version, patching details, etc
I want a tracking of the table.
Let's say people are asked to modify the base table and I want a complete capture of the details modified and the session of the user ( ) who (system_user) is actually modifying the details.
I am trying to simplify a query given to me by one of my collegues written using the query designer of Access. Looking at the query there seem to be some syntax differences, so to see if this was the case I thought I would import the database to my SQL Server Developer edition.
I tried to start the wizard from within SQL Server Management Studio Express as shown in one of the articles on MSDN which did not work, but the manual method also suggested did work.
Trouble is that it gets most of the way through the import until it spews forth the following error messages:
- Prepare for Execute (Error) Messages Error 0xc0202009: {332B4EB1-AF51-4FFF-A3C9-3AEE594FCB11}: An OLE DB error has occurred. Error code: 0x80004005. An OLE DB record is available. Source: "Microsoft JET Database Engine" Hresult: 0x80004005 Description: "Could not start session. Too many sessions already active.". (SQL Server Import and Export Wizard)
Error 0xc020801c: Data Flow Task: The AcquireConnection method call to the connection manager "SourceConnectionOLEDB" failed with error code 0xC0202009. (SQL Server Import and Export Wizard)
Error 0xc004701a: Data Flow Task: component "Source 33 - ATable" (2065) failed the pre-execute phase and returned error code 0xC020801C. (SQL Server Import and Export Wizard).
There does not seem to be any method of specifying a number of sessions, so I don't see how to get round the problem.
Does anyone know how I can get the import to work?
As part of a nightly process, I must call a stored procedure that uses cursors to update a Sybase linked server from SQL Server. The stored proc was written by someone else and is intended to interface to a finance system to upload new transactions.
The stored proc works fine most of the time but occasionally dies part-way through with the following confusing error message:
[OLE/DB provider returned message: Internally generated command failed to affect a row.] OLE DB error trace [OLE/DB Provider 'Sybase.ASEOLEDBProvider' IRowsetChange::SetData returned 0x80004005: ]. Msg 7399, Level 16, State 1, Server ********, Procedure ********, Line 162 OLE DB provider 'Sybase.ASEOLEDBProvider' reported an error.
I initially ran this stored proc from a perl script via an ODBC link but in the futile hope of fixing this problem I tried manually executing it via isql.exe instead. Both return exactly the same error. I have also increased the OLE/DB query timeout to 15 minutes with no success in stopping the problem.
There seems to be no connection I can spot between when it succeeds and when it fails. When scheduled to run just after midnight it fails about 30% of the time (at a time when there should be a light load on the servers). When run manually it almost always suceeds (I have only managed to get it to fail through running manually once in dozens of attempts).
I can't seem to find anything relevant about this error via Google or any of my usual reference sources so hoped someone else might have a clue as to what the hell's going on. :confused:
The stored procedure uses a cursor to traverse a SELECT statement then performs several INSERTs, UPDATEs and DELETEs depending upon each row processed and attempts (but usually fails) to perform a ROLLBACK upon an error.
I'd appreciate any pointers in the right direction here. Is it because I'm performing cursor-based operations on a linked server? Is it due to the linked server being a Sybase server? Could it be due to locking problems or timeouts? Is my server in a bad mood and simply trying to taunt me? I'm tearing my hair out trying to find more information on this annoyingly intermittent problem and really appreciate any help or tales of similar errors.
Two tables t1 and t2 have the same schema but exist on two different servers. Which is the better technique for updating t2 and why?
/****** Object: Table [dbo].[t1] Script Date: 9/6/2007 9:55:21 AM ******/ if exists (select * from dbo.sysobjects where id = object_id(N'[dbo].[t1]') and OBJECTPROPERTY(id, N'IsUserTable') = 1) drop table [dbo].[t1] GO
if not exists (select * from dbo.sysobjects where id = object_id(N'[dbo].[t1]') and OBJECTPROPERTY(id, N'IsUserTable') = 1) BEGIN CREATE TABLE [dbo].[t1] ( k [int] IDENTITY (1, 1) NOT NULL , a [char] (10) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL , b [char] (10) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL , c [char] (10) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL , x [int] NULL , y [int] NULL , amt [money] NULL ) ON [PRIMARY] END
GO
/****** Object: Table [dbo].[t2] Script Date: 9/6/2007 9:55:44 AM ******/ if exists (select * from dbo.sysobjects where id = object_id(N'[dbo].[t2]') and OBJECTPROPERTY(id, N'IsUserTable') = 1) drop table [dbo].[t2] GO
if not exists (select * from dbo.sysobjects where id = object_id(N'[dbo].[t2]') and OBJECTPROPERTY(id, N'IsUserTable') = 1) BEGIN CREATE TABLE [dbo].[t2] ( k [int] IDENTITY (1, 1) NOT NULL , a [char] (10) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL , b [char] (10) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL , c [char] (10) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL , x [int] NULL , y [int] NULL , amt [money] NULL ) ON [PRIMARY] END
GO
-- Technique 1:
set identity_insert t2 on
insert into t2 (k,a,b,c,x,y,amt) select k,a,b,c,x,y,amt from t1 where not exists (select k from t2 where t1.k = t2.k)
set identity_insert t2 off
update t2 set a = t1.a, b = t1.b, c = t1.c, x = t1.x, y = t1.y, amt = t1.amt from t1 where t1.k = t2.k
-- Technique 2: set identity_insert t2 on
declare t1_cur cursor for select k,a,b,c,x,y,amt from t1 for read only
open t1_cur
declare @k int declare @a char(10) declare @b char(10) declare @c char(10) declare @x int declare @y int declare @amt money
fetch next from t1_cur into @k,@a,@b,@c,@x,@y,@amt while(@@FETCH_STATUS = 0) begin if exists(select k from t2 where k = @k) begin update t2 set a = @a, b = @b, c = @c, x = @x, y = @y, amt = @amt where (k = @k) end else begin insert into t2 (k,a,b,c,x,y,amt) values(@k,@a,@b,@c,@x,@y,@amt) end
fetch next from t1_cur into @k,@a,@b,@c,@x,@y,@amt end
close t1_cur deallocate t1_cur
set identity_insert t2 off
Thanks,
Joel K Database Adminstration/Application Development
I have basic knowledge of T-SQL and I am using Cursors to get the first value, the last value and the peak value and some other values from other tables. I found some examples on google but the code I am using is mixed up. I am using multiple Cursors. I need to join three tables to get the result set into the Cursor. The first example uses 2 tables.
The above code seems totally inefficient but it gives the correct result. Now I want to pull some more value and join a third table (TABLE z) in the above CURSORS and not sure how to make it working using CURSORS.I would like to use the following in the CURSORS above.
SELECT x.publishdate, y.firstname, y.lastname, y.age, z.initialValue AS FirstValue, z.HighestValue AS Highest, z.LastValue AS Last FROM TABLE x LEFT OUTER JOIN TABLE y ON x.id = y.id INNER JOIN TABLE z ON x.id = z.id
fix the below SP which is having cursor output with an alternate logic which can make the SP work.(may be using temp table or any other option)
CREATE PROCEDURE Get_IDS /* * SSMA warning messages: * O2SS0356: Conversion from NUMBER datatype can cause data loss. */ @p_uid float(53), @return_value_argument varchar(8000) OUTPUT
Hi, Here is my code on how i connect to my database Dim rst As New ADODB.Recordset Dim conn As New ADODB.Connection Dim vresponse As String ' On Error GoTo err_proc Try conn.Open(GetConn(getconnid)) Select Case getmode Case 0 'execute then return first field rst = conn.Execute(getsql) If rst.EOF = False And rst.BOF = False Then Try vresponse = IIf(IsDBNull(rst.Fields.Item(0).Value), "", rst.Fields.Item(0).Value) ' vresponse = rst.Fields.Count Catch ex As Exception vresponse = "Error :" + ex.Message End Try End If Case 1 'execute only If bTransactional = True Then conn.BeginTrans() End If conn.Execute(getsql) vresponse = "OK" If bTransactional = True Then conn.CommitTrans() End If End Select Return vresponse.Trim * line 1) rst = Nothing conn = Nothing Exit Function
supposed to be *line 1) terminates the connection/session form SQL server. But when i check to the SQL Query Analyzer, there is still some connections related to this command. So when i run again this commands, it creates another connection. How can i terminate/end my sessions in SQL.
Hi all! First of all, thanks to those who gave me suggestions to use sql-dmo to generate sql scripts of a database. I've found it extremely useful!
Here's my new problem. I have VB code that connects to a database, extracts the schema and generates the sql. After some work with this script, I have some new scripts to alter the database and I have tried running these scripts in a separate project with the ExecuteImmediate method of the Database object, which works well.
However, when I put this code into the first project, to reconnect to the database and execute the batch command, I get SQL-DMO error -2147199229 (80045203) ...whatever that means..
We need a small suggestion regarding releasing the resources utilized before closing the session we established with the SQL CE database. To the best of our knowledge we are releasing the resources properly but still some how some resources get locked and we were not able to open a new session after closing the existing session.
Are there any functions or methods available to identify the existing resources, rowsets and other components who have connection with the existing session, kindly help us in this regard since we struck up mainly with this issue. We work with EVC++ 3.0 and SQL CE 2.0
hi is it possible to insert a session into a database E.G. i'm sure this code is fine but i duno why its not inserting the session into the database the form parameter is going in fine but the session aian't UserName.Text = Session("User")<asp:sqldatasource id="SqlDataSource1" runat="server" selectcommand="SELECT Party.Party FROM Party" insertcommand="INSERT INTO Vote(UserName,Vote) VALUES (User,Party)" ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:VotingConnectionString %>" ProviderName="<%$ ConnectionStrings:VotingConnectionString.ProviderName %>"> <InsertParameters> <asp:SessionParameter Name="User" Type="String" SessionField="User" /> <asp:FormParameter Name="Party" Type="String" FormField="PartyList" /> </InsertParameters> </asp:sqldatasource>
I have a process that seems to leave many orphaned sessions over a period of time. The software is by a 3rd party vendor and they can't seem to fix it. It is safe to end the orphaned sessions and I do that on a regular basis. My questions is: What is the best way to do this via T-SQL?
I can select the orphaned sessions by using a simple query on the sys.dm_exec_sessions table. How do I then run a kill command for each session_id from that query?
I have a problem in controlling the report session. I created a Reporting Model using SQL reporting Services 2005 with Forms authentication on which I implemented the security Filter based on the function GetUserID() to report only against data that belong to the login User, and I deployed the Model. Using report Builder application I created a report that contain in the first column the user name (UserName) from entity €œUsers€?, and in the remaining columns data from other entities related to table users, I saved the report on the report server. I logged in into report manager with user €œUser1€? and I ran the report, the result was the same as expected (in the first column €œUser1€? appeared and in the remaining column other data related to this user appeared) every thing went good After that I logged in with the user €œUser2€? and I ran the report and here was the surprise the same data that appeared for "User1" appeared for "User2". but what was Expected is different data that belong to "User 2" After some research that says that this problem may be caused by a session issue (the session created for the first user who enters the report server will remain for the other users that enter after him), I reset IIS and I logged in with €œUser2€?, and I ran the report the correct data for €œUser2€? appeared So it may be a session issue.
My question is: Is there any way to control the session content and the session expiration? Please note I used all the solution provided in my research such as URL parameter rs:ClearSession = true, and the Report Execution Options in report manager but non of this helped me. I will be thankful for any one who could help me in this urgent issue.
I'm using SQL server 7 on Win NT. I have Access 97 as a front end, with linked tables though ODBC to SQL Server. Everytime I open a table in Access, a session appears when I type sp_who2. I close that table in Access, but I when I type sp_who2 the table session is still present. Does anyone know a cause for this?
I am researching why sometimes when we close are queries and tables in Access we have sessions in SQL server that becomes orphans/ghost. I try to kill the session but can't, so therefore I have to recycle the database.
I just have a simple question on font dependencies in reference to deployed reports. In my company, we run citrix presentation servers feeding terminal sessions out to users in remote areas.
My question is, in a terminal session, do the fonts used in the reports need to be installed on the users' local machine (who is connecting via terminal session) or is it enough to just have it on the servers feeding out the terminal session?
For example, we create a report with Arial Narrow font. Our servers hosting citrix presentation server did not have this font installed, so we installed this font on the servers (thus they're displaying correctly). Obviously the server hosting our reporting services has the font. Now a user connects to the server, is granted a terminal session, launches reporting services, report is generated with the correct font displayed, and finally prints the report.
Will the report print in Arial Narrow if the users' local machine doesn't have this font install? I remember reading somewhere that the fonts do not embed, hence the reason for installing the font on our citrix servers.
I realize this is kinda out of the scope of this forum, but perhaps someone on here uses terminal services and can answer this for me. I do plan to test this out when I get home tonight. I'd test it right now, but my computer at home isn't on therefore I can't remote home (plus wake-on-lan isn't configured) to do an actual test. Just thought I'd get some insights from other people.
I have been looking at the new DMV's prefixed with dm_exec_....and found a limitation with them.
Books online says sysprocesses is replaced with sys.dm_exec_connections, sys.dm_exec_requests and sys.dm_exec_sessions. The problem I came accross is identifying any sessions connected to a specific database which were idle. This is the sort of thing you need to know if you tried to restore a database and it says the database is in use.
So I've been monitoring long-running transactions on a SQL Server that hosts a couple of vendor-supplied databases that look after our factory.Today I noticed a pair that have confused my Excel spreadsheet (that I've been using to analyze these transactions).So here's the weird thing that I spotted. Given this query:
SELECT p.spid, p.login_time, at.transaction_begin_time, datediff(second, p.login_time, at.transaction_begin_time) as [difference] FROM sys.sysprocesses AS p INNER JOIN sys.dm_tran_session_transactions AS st ON st.session_id = p.spid INNER JOIN sys.dm_tran_active_transactions AS at ON st.transaction_id = at.transaction_id
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I had a look in the event log on the server, which had just been rebooted at around that time. It seems that the clock got changed on boot-up, with the size of it quite surprising. This meant that these processes were able to start their transactions *before* they logged on. Hopefully this doesn't cause any other weird problems.So I've requested an investigation about time synchronization on our virtualization hosts... and in the mean time, have set the SQL Server services to 'delayed start'.
I have a table EugeneTest(id_num, fname, minit, lname)where field "id_num" is type IDENTITY and has UNIQUE constraintLet's say 2 user execute this code at the same time:DECLARE @return integeruse EugeneTestINSERT employees( fname, minit, lname)VALUES( 'Eugene3', 'F', 'Josephs')SET @return = @@IDENTITYIs is not possible to get duplicated value in id_num column becuase ofUNIQUEconstraint, but is it possible the both user get the same @@IDENTITYnumber( for example, if @@IDENTITY is evaluated and kept somewhere in thebuffer before the data actually get written to the disk )Thanks, Eugene
The benifit of UPDLOCK is that it avoids deadlock in case both sessions run the below query at the same time.The table has clustered index on ID column
----session 1 -------- begin transaction select * from a1
update a1 set id = 22 where id = 2
----session 2 -------- begin transaction select * from a1
update a1 set id = 22 where id = 2
Now to avoid deadlock in the above scenario we should use (UPDLOCK) hint in the select statement.Now my question is that deadlock will be avoided in this case when both the sessions use UPDLOCK hint. If only one session uses UPDLOCk and other does not then there will be deadlock .For example session 1 uses UPDLOCK hint this will hold the U lock on the row, but the session 2 does not use this hint and apply shared lock on the same row. Now there will be deadlock when session 1 tries to update the record and is blocked by shared locks of session 2. same will be the case with session 2 and both will wait for each other and hence dead lock.so what steps can be taken to avoid deadlocks in this case. I do not want to use Snapshot isolation.
