SQL Server: Filter output of sp_who2

Question

Under SQL Server, is there an easy way to filter the output of sp_who2? Say I wanted to just show rows for a certain database, for example.

Answer 1

based on http://web.archive.org/web/20080218124946/http://sqlserver2005.databases.aspfaq.com/how-do-i-mimic-sp-who2.html

i have created following script ,
which resolves finding active connections to any datbase using DMV this works under sql 2005 , 2008 and 2008R2

Following script uses sys.dm_exec_sessions , sys.dm_exec_requests , sys.dm_exec_connections , sys.dm_tran_locks

Declare @dbName varchar(1000)
set @dbName='abc'

;WITH DBConn(SPID,[Status],[Login],HostName,DBName,Command,LastBatch,ProgramName)
As
(
SELECT 
    SPID = s.session_id,
    Status = UPPER(COALESCE
        (
            r.status,
            ot.task_state,
            s.status, 
        '')),
    [Login] = s.login_name,
    HostName = COALESCE
        (
            s.[host_name],
            '  .'
        ),
    DBName = COALESCE
        (
            DB_NAME(COALESCE
            (
                r.database_id,
                t.database_id
            )),
            ''
        ),
    Command = COALESCE
        (
            r.Command,
            r.wait_type,
            wt.wait_type,
            r.last_wait_type,
            ''
        ),
    LastBatch = COALESCE
        (
            r.start_time,
            s.last_request_start_time
        ),
    ProgramName = COALESCE
        (
            s.program_name, 
            ''
        )
FROM
    sys.dm_exec_sessions s
LEFT OUTER JOIN
    sys.dm_exec_requests r
ON
    s.session_id = r.session_id
LEFT OUTER JOIN
    sys.dm_exec_connections c
ON
    s.session_id = c.session_id
LEFT OUTER JOIN
(
    SELECT 
        request_session_id,
        database_id = MAX(resource_database_id)
    FROM
        sys.dm_tran_locks
    GROUP BY
        request_session_id
) t
ON
    s.session_id = t.request_session_id
LEFT OUTER JOIN
    sys.dm_os_waiting_tasks wt
ON 
    s.session_id = wt.session_id
LEFT OUTER JOIN
    sys.dm_os_tasks ot
ON 
    s.session_id = ot.session_id
LEFT OUTER JOIN
(
    SELECT
        ot.session_id,
        CPU_Time = MAX(usermode_time)
    FROM
        sys.dm_os_tasks ot
    INNER JOIN
        sys.dm_os_workers ow
    ON
        ot.worker_address = ow.worker_address
    INNER JOIN
        sys.dm_os_threads oth
    ON
        ow.thread_address = oth.thread_address
    GROUP BY
        ot.session_id
) tt
ON
    s.session_id = tt.session_id
WHERE
    COALESCE
    (
        r.command,
        r.wait_type,
        wt.wait_type,
        r.last_wait_type,
        'a'
    ) >= COALESCE
    (
        '', 
        'a'
    )
)

Select * from DBConn
where DBName like '%'+@dbName+'%'