Microsoft® SQL Server 2008 R2 Unleashed
by Ray Rankins, Paul Bertucci, Chris Gallelli, Alex T. Silverstein
System Stored Procedures
System stored procedures have been a favorite of SQL Server DBAs since the inception of SQL Server. They provide a rich set of information that covers many different aspects of SQL Server. They can return some of the same types of information as system views, but they generally return a fixed set of information that cannot be modified as you can when using a SELECT statement against the system views. That is not to say that they are not valuable; they are valuable, and they are particularly useful for people who have been using SQL Server for a long time. System stored procedures such as sp_who, sp_lock, and sp_help are tools for a database professional that are as basic as a hammer is to a carpenter.
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