total-write-transact-sql.md

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@@TOTAL_WRITE (Transact-SQL)

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Returns the number of disk writes by [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] since [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] was last started.

Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions

Syntax

  
@@TOTAL_WRITE  

Return Types

integer

Remarks

To display a report containing several [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] statistics, including read and write activity, run sp_monitor.

Examples

The following example shows returning the total number of disk reads and writes as of the current date and time.

SELECT @@TOTAL_READ AS 'Reads', @@TOTAL_WRITE AS 'Writes', GETDATE() AS 'As of'  

[!INCLUDEssResult]

Reads       Writes      As of                   
----------- ----------- ----------------------  
7760        97263       12/5/2006 10:23:00 PM   

See Also

sp_monitor (Transact-SQL)
System Statistical Functions (Transact-SQL)
@@TOTAL_READ (Transact-SQL)