Find and kill long running MS SQL Server queries
I have to admit this is cargo cult SQL to me, but here’s how to find running queries, sorted by their total elapsed time: SELECT [sqltext].[TEXT], [req].[session_id], [req].[status], [req].[command], [req].[cpu_time], [req].[total_elapsed_time] FROM [sys].[dm_exec_requests] [req] CROSS APPLY [sys].[dm_exec_sql_text](sql_handle) AS sqltext ORDER BY [req].[total_elapsed_time] DESC To kill a given query, use: kill <session_id> ..without the brackets <>, […]