Check if stored procedure is running - sql

Question

How to check if a stored procedure or query is still running in SQL Server?
Ideas
I've thought of having a log where to write when the procedure starts and delete when it ends.
Flaws:
it leaves open the case when the server restarts or some kind of failure inside the procedure.
this method needs some work to be done before running the procedure, so it can't be applied on already running procedures.
Use process monitor
I would prefer a solution that can be incorporated as a stored procedure with procedure_name and/or pid, parameters as input, so tracing programs or solutions using the SQL Server interface won't work.
Update #1
Usage example:
CREATE PROCEDURE dbo.sp_sleeping_beauty
#time_str varchar(50)
AS
SET NOCOUNT ON;
WAITFOR DELAY #time_str;
GO
dbo.sp_sleeping_beauty '00:00:10'
dbo.sp_sleeping_beauty '00:00:20'
dbo.sp_sleeping_beauty '00:00:30'
the procedure should be called like
test_if_running 'dbo.sp_sleeping_beauty '00:00:20''
and return true while running (for 20 seconds) and false after or if the function fails or the system is restarted

Answer 1

Update: The answer given by John Clayton references the outdated SQL Server 2000 system table (sys.sysprocesses). The updated SQL is:
SELECT
object_name(st.objectid) as ProcName
FROM
sys.dm_exec_connections as qs
CROSS APPLY sys.dm_exec_sql_text(qs.most_recent_sql_handle) st
WHERE
object_name(st.objectid) is not null
The SQL code above returns a list of names of your running processes. Note that you will need permission to view the Server/Database state.

Answer 2

You might query sys.dm_exec_requests which will provide sesion_ID, waittime and futher rows of interest and CROSS APPLY sys.dm_exec_sql_text filtering your query with the SQL for your procedure.
Select * from
(
SELECT * FROM sys.dm_exec_requests
where sql_handle is not null
) a
CROSS APPLY sys.dm_exec_sql_text(a.sql_handle) t
where t.text like 'CREATE PROCEDURE dbo.sp_sleeping_beauty%'

Answer 3

Use this :
exec sp_who2
It returns all db activities.
you will check from this proc if your procedure currently running or not.
Also will try that :
SELECT creation_time , object_name(st.objectid) as ProcName
,last_execution_time
,total_physical_reads
,total_logical_reads
,total_logical_writes
, execution_count
, total_worker_time
, total_elapsed_time
, total_elapsed_time / execution_count avg_elapsed_time
,SUBSTRING(st.text, (qs.statement_start_offset/2) + 1,
((CASE statement_end_offset
WHEN -1 THEN DATALENGTH(st.text)
ELSE qs.statement_end_offset END
- qs.statement_start_offset)/2) + 1) AS statement_text
FROM sys.dm_exec_query_stats AS qs
CROSS APPLY sys.dm_exec_sql_text(qs.sql_handle) st
ORDER BY total_elapsed_time / execution_count DESC;

Answer 4

Old thread but you can do this,
SELECT #object = object_id
FROM SYS.OBJECTS
WHERE NAME = [SP NAME]
Select *
from (
SELECT *
FROM sys.dm_exec_requests
where sql_handle is not null
) a
CROSS APPLY sys.dm_exec_sql_text(a.sql_handle) t
where objectid = #object

Answer 5

I have been trying to figure out how to do get the list of running procedures and came across this thread. After a bit of research on MSDN I was able to figure out the following query that will provide the list of running processes:
select
object_name(st.objectid) as ProcName
from
sys.sysprocesses as qs
CROSS APPLY sys.dm_exec_sql_text(qs.sql_handle) st
where
object_name(st.objectid) is not null
A little bit more work will be needed to get the parameters.