Posted by Erland Sommarskog on 06/28/05 00:34

(jim_geissman@countrywide.com) writes:
> What does "conditional" mean as a command? sp_who2 reports this for
> some sessions, along with "insert" etc.

An IF or WHILE statement. Typically with a query in the condition, like
IF EXISTS(SELECT ...). If this query is long-running, or the longest
running in a stuck loop, CONDITIONAL is likely to turn up.

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