Tag: sqlserver

Recently, I was trying to pin point the queries in an application that were causing Sql Server to spike the CPU at 100%. This query was helpful in finding the top offenders.

SELECT  creation_time
        ,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;

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