Troubleshooting 

Whats Running?

Shows what queries are currently running on the server

               BEGIN    -- Do not lock anything, and do not get held up by any locks.    SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL READ UNCOMMITTED    -- What SQL Statements Are Currently Running?    SELECT [Spid] = session_Id , ecid , [Database] = DB_NAME(sp.dbid) , [User] = nt_username , [Status] = er.status , [Wait] = wait_type , [Individual Query] = SUBSTRING (qt.text,              er.statement_start_offset/2, (CASE WHEN er.statement_end_offset = -1       THEN LEN(CONVERT(NVARCHAR(MAX), qt.text)) * 2 ELSE er.statement_end_offset END -                                 er.statement_start_offset)/2) ,[Parent Query] = qt.text , Program = program_name , Hostname , nt_domain , start_time    FROM sys.dm_exec_requests er    INNER JOIN sys.sysprocesses sp ON er.session_id = sp.spid    CROSS APPLY sys.dm_exec_sql_text(er.sql_handle)as qt    WHERE session_Id > 50              -- Ignore system spids.    AND session_Id NOT IN (@@SPID)     -- Ignore this current statement.    ORDER BY 1, 2END        

Whats Blocking?

Shows what queries currently blocking/being blocked

               BEGIN   -- Do not lock anything, and do not get held up by any locks.    SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL READ       UNCOMMITTED    -- If there are blocked processes...   IF EXISTS(SELECT 1 FROM sys.sysprocesses WHERE       blocked != 0)    BEGIN       -- Identify the root-blocking spid(s)      SELECT  distinct t1.spid  AS [Root blocking spids]         , t1.[loginame] AS [Owner]         --, master.dbo.dba_GetSQLForSpid(t1.spid) AS          --   'SQL Text'          , t1.[cpu]         , t1.[physical_io]         , DatabaseName = DB_NAME(t1.[dbid])         , t1.[program_name]         , t1.[hostname]         , t1.[status]         , t1.[cmd]         , t1.[blocked]         , t1.[ecid]       FROM  sys.sysprocesses t1, sys.sysprocesses t2      WHERE t1.spid = t2.blocked        AND t1.ecid = t2.ecid        AND t1.blocked = 0       ORDER BY t1.spid, t1.ecid       -- Identify the spids being blocked.      SELECT t2.spid AS 'Blocked spid'         , t2.blocked AS 'Blocked By'         , t2.[loginame] AS [Owner]         --, master.dbo.dba_GetSQLForSpid(t2.spid) AS          --   'SQL Text'          , t2.[cpu]         , t2.[physical_io]         , DatabaseName = DB_NAME(t2.[dbid])         , t2.[program_name]         , t2.[hostname]         , t2.[status]         , t2.[cmd]         , t2.ecid      FROM sys.sysprocesses t1, sys.sysprocesses t2       WHERE t1.spid = t2.blocked        AND t1.ecid = t2.ecid      ORDER BY t2.blocked, t2.spid, t2.ecid   END    ELSE -- No blocked processes.      PRINT 'No processes blocked.' ENDGO