TSQL: Get Last Queries Ran

Question

Is there a way to get the SQL text for the last few queries?

I am using Microsoft SQL Server 2005

Answer 1

If you need to inspect parameter values, this addition returns the XML

SELECT TOP 50 * FROM(SELECT COALESCE(OBJECT_NAME(s2.objectid),'Ad-Hoc') AS ProcName,
  execution_count,s2.objectid,
    (SELECT TOP 1 SUBSTRING(s2.TEXT,statement_start_offset / 2+1 ,
      ( (CASE WHEN statement_end_offset = -1
  THEN (LEN(CONVERT(NVARCHAR(MAX),s2.TEXT)) * 2)
ELSE statement_end_offset END)- statement_start_offset) / 2+1)) AS sql_statement,
  SUBSTRING(
    s3.query_plan,CHARINDEX('',s3.query_plan),
    CHARINDEX('',s3.query_plan) + LEN('') - CHARINDEX('',s3.query_plan)
  ) AS Parameters,
  last_execution_time
FROM sys.dm_exec_query_stats AS s1
CROSS APPLY sys.dm_exec_sql_text(sql_handle) AS s2
CROSS APPLY sys.dm_exec_text_query_plan(s1.plan_handle, s1.statement_start_offset,
  s1.statement_end_offset) AS s3
) x
WHERE sql_statement NOT like 'SELECT TOP 50 * FROM(SELECT %'
ORDER BY last_execution_time DESC

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