Prevent a Stored Procedure from being executed twice at the same time

Question

I have a stored procedure for SQL Server 2000 that can only have a single instance being executed at any given moment. Is there any way to check and ensure that the procedur

Answer 1

One of the initial external links shared in the replies had helpful info but personally I prefer for standalone answers/snippets to be right here on the Stack Overflow question page. See below snippet for what I used and solved my (similar) problem. If anyone has problems (or adjustment suggestions) please chime in.

IF  EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sys.objects WHERE object_id = OBJECT_ID(N'[MyLockedAndDelayedStoredProcedure]') AND type in (N'P', N'PC'))
DROP PROCEDURE [GetSessionParticipantAnswersFromEmailAddressAndSessionName]
GO

CREATE PROCEDURE [MyLockedAndDelayedStoredProcedure]    
  @param1 nvarchar(max) = ''
AS
BEGIN

DECLARE @LockedTransactionReturnCode INT
PRINT 'MyLockedAndDelayedStoredProcedure CALLED at ' + CONVERT(VARCHAR(12),GETDATE(),114);
BEGIN TRANSACTION
EXEC @LockedTransactionReturnCode =sp_getapplock @Resource='MyLockedAndDelayedStoredProcedure_LOCK', @LockMode='Exclusive', @LockOwner='Transaction', @LockTimeout = 10000
PRINT 'MyLockedAndDelayedStoredProcedure STARTED at ' + CONVERT(VARCHAR(12),GETDATE(),114);

-- Do your Stored Procedure Stuff here
Select @param1;

-- If you don't want/need a delay remove this line    
WAITFOR DELAY '00:00:3'; -- 3 second delay
PRINT 'MyLockedAndDelayedStoredProcedure ENDED at ' + CONVERT(VARCHAR(12),GETDATE(),114);
COMMIT

END

-- https://gist.github.com/cemerson/366358cafc60bc1676f8345fe3626a3f