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

Yes, by capturing the output of sp_who2 into a table and then selecting from the table, but that would be a bad way of doing it. First, because sp_who2, despite its popularity, its an undocumented procedure and you shouldn't rely on undocumented procedures. Second because all sp_who2 can do, and much more, can be obtained from sys.dm_exec_requests and other DMVs, and show can be filtered, ordered, joined and all the other goodies that come with queriable rowsets.