how to find out if a TSQL table is being updated?

how to find out if a TSQL table is being updated?
for example if someone does an update to a table that takes a long time, is
there anyway for me to check the status of that update process?
There is no built-in and generally applicable method to determine the
progress of an UPDATE (e.g. to be able to answer how much longer it will take
for the UPDATE to complete). The reason being that UPDATE can be processed in
many different way.
If we are talking about a very large update, you may want to break it into
multiple smaller batches of update, and insert code yourself to report the
progress.
Linchi
"DR" wrote:

> how to find out if a TSQL table is being updated?
> for example if someone does an update to a table that takes a long time, is
> there anyway for me to check the status of that update process?
>
>

how to find out if a TSQL table is being updated?

how to find out if a TSQL table is being updated?
for example if someone does an update to a table that takes a long time, is
there anyway for me to check the status of that update process?
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> how to find out if a TSQL table is being updated?
> for example if someone does an update to a table that takes a long time,
> is there anyway for me to check the status of that update process?
>

how to find out if a TSQL table is being updated?

how to find out if a TSQL table is being updated?
for example if someone does an update to a table that takes a long time, is
there anyway for me to check the status of that update process?
Hi
What do you mean by a long time? If there are a significant number of rows
being updated then you may want to "batch" the update so that only a specific
number are updated and use a loop until all is complete. This may reduce the
number or extent of the locks on the table and reduce contention. sp_lock
will show the locks.
You could then output the number of iterations, but unless you know the
total number of rows to be updated this may not be useful.
John
"DR" wrote:

> how to find out if a TSQL table is being updated?
> for example if someone does an update to a table that takes a long time, is
> there anyway for me to check the status of that update process?
>
>

how to find out if a TSQL table is being updated?

how to find out if a TSQL table is being updated?
for example if someone does an update to a table that takes a long time, is
there anyway for me to check the status of that update process?Hi
What do you mean by a long time? If there are a significant number of rows
being updated then you may want to "batch" the update so that only a specifi
c
number are updated and use a loop until all is complete. This may reduce the
number or extent of the locks on the table and reduce contention. sp_lock
will show the locks.
You could then output the number of iterations, but unless you know the
total number of rows to be updated this may not be useful.
John
"DR" wrote:

> how to find out if a TSQL table is being updated?
> for example if someone does an update to a table that takes a long time, i
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> there anyway for me to check the status of that update process?
>
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