To Identify the Lead Blocker or Blocking Chain
performance #blocking#performance
--for simplified view, use the following script
SET NOCOUNT ON
GO
SELECT SPID, BLOCKED, REPLACE (REPLACE (T.TEXT, CHAR(10), ' '), CHAR (13), ' ' ) AS BATCH
INTO #T
FROM sys.sysprocesses R CROSS APPLY sys.dm_exec_sql_text(R.SQL_HANDLE) T
GO
WITH BLOCKERS (SPID, BLOCKED, LEVEL, BATCH)
AS (
SELECT SPID,
BLOCKED,
CAST (REPLICATE ('0', 4-LEN (CAST (SPID AS VARCHAR))) + CAST (SPID AS VARCHAR) AS VARCHAR (1000)) AS LEVEL,
BATCH FROM #T R
WHERE (BLOCKED = 0 OR BLOCKED = SPID)
AND EXISTS (SELECT * FROM #T R2 WHERE R2.BLOCKED = R.SPID AND R2.BLOCKED <> R2.SPID)
UNION ALL
SELECT R.SPID,
R.BLOCKED,
CAST (BLOCKERS.LEVEL + RIGHT (CAST ((1000 + R.SPID) AS VARCHAR (100)), 4) AS VARCHAR (1000)) AS LEVEL,
R.BATCH FROM #T AS R
INNER JOIN BLOCKERS ON R.BLOCKED = BLOCKERS.SPID WHERE R.BLOCKED > 0 AND R.BLOCKED <> R.SPID
)
SELECT N' ' + REPLICATE (N'| ', LEN (LEVEL)/4 - 1) +
CASE WHEN (LEN(LEVEL)/4 - 1) = 0
THEN 'HEAD - '
ELSE '|------ ' END
+ CAST (SPID AS NVARCHAR (10)) + N' ' + BATCH AS BLOCKING_TREE
FROM BLOCKERS ORDER BY LEVEL ASC
GO
DROP TABLE #T
GO
--for detailed view, use the following script
IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb.#Blocks') IS NOT NULL
DROP TABLE #Blocks
SELECT spid
,blocked
,REPLACE (REPLACE (st.TEXT, CHAR(10), ' '), CHAR (13), ' ' ) AS batch
INTO #Blocks
FROM sys.sysprocesses spr
CROSS APPLY sys.dm_exec_sql_text(spr.SQL_HANDLE) st
GO
WITH BlockingTree (spid, blocking_spid, [level], batch)
AS (
SELECT blc.spid
,blc.blocked
,CAST (REPLICATE ('0', 4-LEN (CAST (blc.spid AS VARCHAR))) + CAST (blc.spid AS VARCHAR) AS VARCHAR (1000)) AS [level]
,blc.batch
FROM #Blocks blc
WHERE (blc.blocked = 0 OR blc.blocked = SPID) AND
EXISTS (SELECT * FROM #Blocks blc2 WHERE blc2.BLOCKED = blc.SPID AND blc2.BLOCKED <> blc2.SPID)
UNION ALL
SELECT blc.spid
,blc.blocked
,CAST(bt.[level] + RIGHT (CAST ((1000 + blc.SPID) AS VARCHAR (100)), 4) AS VARCHAR (1000)) AS [level]
,blc.batch
FROM #Blocks AS blc
INNER JOIN BlockingTree bt
ON blc.blocked = bt.SPID
WHERE blc.blocked > 0 AND blc.blocked <> blc.SPID
)
SELECT N'' + ISNULL(REPLICATE (N'| ', LEN (LEVEL)/4 - 2),'')
+ CASE WHEN (LEN(LEVEL)/4 - 1) = 0 THEN '' ELSE '|------ ' END
+ CAST (bt.SPID AS NVARCHAR (10)) AS BlockingTree
,spr.lastwaittype AS [Type]
,spr.loginame AS [Login Name]
,DB_NAME(spr.dbid) AS [Source database]
,st.text AS [SQL Text]
,CASE WHEN cur.sql_handle IS NULL THEN '' ELSE (SELECT [TEXT] FROM sys.dm_exec_sql_text (cur.sql_handle)) END AS [Cursor SQL Text]
,DB_NAME(sli.rsc_dbid) AS [Database]
,OBJECT_SCHEMA_NAME(sli.rsc_objid,sli.rsc_dbid) AS [Schema]
,OBJECT_NAME(sli.rsc_objid, sli.rsc_dbid) AS [Table]
,spr.waitresource AS [Wait Resource]
,spr.cmd AS [Command]
,spr.program_name AS [Application]
,spr.hostname AS [HostName]
,spr.last_batch AS [Last Batch Time]
FROM BlockingTree bt
LEFT OUTER JOIN sys.sysprocesses spr
ON spr.spid = bt.spid
CROSS APPLY sys.dm_exec_sql_text(spr.SQL_HANDLE) st
LEFT JOIN sys.dm_exec_cursors(0) cur
ON cur.session_id = spr.spid AND cur.fetch_status != 0
JOIN sys.syslockinfo sli
ON sli.req_spid = spr.spid AND sli.rsc_type = 5 AND
OBJECT_NAME(sli.rsc_objid, sli.rsc_dbid) IS NOT NULL
ORDER BY LEVEL ASC