New and changed system procedures

This section describes the new system procedures added and changes made to existing system procedures.

Table 2-6 summarizes the new system procedures:

Table 2-6: New system procedures

System procedure

Function

sp_dbextend

User interface for the automatic expansion process.

sp_ldapadmin

Creates an LDAP URL search string, lists an LDAP URL search string, or verifies an LDAP URL search string or login.

sp_listener

Dynamically starts and stops listeners on Adaptive Server on any given port on a per-engine basis.

Table 2-7 summarizes the changes made to existing system procedures.

Table 2-7: Changed system procedures

Procedure

Change

sp_addserver

Component Integration Services only – You can use pname to specify the hostname or IP address and the port of the server you wish to connect to.

sp_bindcache and sp_unbindcache

Although you can still use sp_bindcache and sp_unbindcache on a system tempdb, the binding of the system tempdb is now non-dynamic.

sp_cacheconfig

Dynamically starts and stops listeners on Adaptive Server on any given port on a per-engine basis.

sp_dbcc_evaluatedb

The output for sp_dbcc_evaluatedb is now more compact than before.

sp_dbcc_faultreport

Provides a new parameter @hard_only, which specifies a report of hard faults only.

sp_dboption

Now includes the checkpoint command. Users no longer need to execute checkpoint after executing sp_dboption.

sp_serveroption

The procedure has the following additional options:

  • external engine auto start

  • server cost

  • server login

sp_sysmon

Now includes the cache wizard option, which allows you to monitor and configure data caches.