SQL SERVER – Quick Note on CROSS APPLY

Yesterday I wrote article about SQL SERVER – 2005 – Last Ran Query – Recently Ran Query. I had used CROSS APPLY in the query. I got email from one reader asking what is CROSS APPLY. In simpler words, cross apply is like inner join to table valued function which can take parameters. This particular operation is not possible to do using regular JOIN syntax You can see example of CROSS APPLY in my article here.

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SQL SERVER – 2005 – Last Ran Query – Recently Ran Query

How many times we have wondered what were the last few queries ran on SQL Server? Following quick script demonstrates last ran query along with the time it was executed on SQL Server 2005. SELECT deqs.last_execution_time AS [Time], dest.TEXT AS [Query] FROM sys.dm_exec_query_stats AS deqs CROSS APPLY sys.dm_exec_sql_text(deqs.sql_handle) AS dest…
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