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Often when running a script, or a stored procedure (with many distinct sections) it’s handy to be able to have the classic “I’m here and the time is X” Logging. I often use this when first looking at monitoring and optimisation of processes.<\/p>\n

I thought, for my first post , while I get things a little more organised behind the scenes. I’ll put something simple that I keep coming back to here, for my own notes as much as anything else.<\/p>\n

Logging in an SQL Script<\/h2>\n

The below code spits out to the messages tab in SSMS (or other log locations when automating tasks), the date and time followed by a customisable log message.<\/p>\n

PRINT CONVERT(VARCHAR(20), GetDate(), 120) + ' - ' + 'Log Message Here';<\/pre>\n
Logging in a stored Procedure<\/h2>\n
The below extends the code above for use in a stored procedure. It ads the functionality to output the name of the currently running procedure (using the @@PROCID<\/code>) . This is a handy reference to use as it gets calculated dynamically, and if we copy\/paste between procedures there is no need to remember to change the text containing the procedure name.<\/p>\n
I have worked in environments where stored procedures are nested, and make up long running ETL processes. Sometimes this output simplifies seeing the flow of procedures in a complex implementation.<\/p>\n
PRINT CONVERT(VARCHAR(20), GetDate(), 120) + ' : ' + OBJECT_SCHEMA_NAME(@@PROCID) + '.' + OBJECT_NAME(@@PROCID) + 'Log Message Here';<\/pre>\n
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Often when running a script, or a stored procedure (with many distinct sections) it’s handy to be able to have the classic “I’m here and the time is X” Logging. I often use this when first looking at monitoring and optimisation of processes. I thought, for my first post , while I get things a…<\/p>\n
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