killing process

Hi everyone,
There was some process I wanted to kill with KILL command but I couldnt
because it was said that it was rolling back transaction and time left is 0
ms(?). LastBatch in sp_who2 showed time around two weeks ago. The process
seemed to be doing nothing.
Eventually I had to restart server (development environment, so no problems
with that), but are there any other way to get rid of such processes ?
Thanks a lot for any info
AlexYou would need to find out whatr the spid was doing.
Try dbcc inputbuffer and fn_getsql to see if they give you anything.
If it is calling an external app you might be able to just kill that
task on the server.
If it's just got stuck or calling an in process app then you would have
to bounce sql server or restart the machine.
Nigel Rivett
www.nigelrivett.net
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Don't just participate in USENET...get rewarded for it!|||This is typical of an external process called by SQL Agent that has been
hung up on some external issue. Before you kill the spid, you need to tell
the SQL Agent job to cancel the activity. Then, if the spid remains, you
can kill it. Otherwise, the SQL Agent then gets hung on releasing hooks.
This is typical of a failed sqlmaint process hung on a failed MAPI client or
ActiveX process through xp_cmdshell.
Sincerely,
Anthony Thomas
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You would need to find out whatr the spid was doing.
Try dbcc inputbuffer and fn_getsql to see if they give you anything.
If it is calling an external app you might be able to just kill that
task on the server.
If it's just got stuck or calling an in process app then you would have
to bounce sql server or restart the machine.
Nigel Rivett
www.nigelrivett.net
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