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# @@CONNECTIONS (Transact-SQL)
[!INCLUDE[tsql-appliesto-ss2008-xxxx-xxxx-xxx-md](../../includes/tsql-appliesto-ss2008-xxxx-xxxx-xxx-md.md)]

This function returns the number of attempted connections - both successful and unsuccessful - since [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] was last started.
  
![Topic link icon](../../database-engine/configure-windows/media/topic-link.gif "Topic link icon") [Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions](../../t-sql/language-elements/transact-sql-syntax-conventions-transact-sql.md)
  
## Syntax  
  
```sql
@@CONNECTIONS  
```  
  
## Return types
**integer**
  
## Remarks  
Connections are different from users. An application, for example, can open multiple connections to [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] without user observation of those connections.
  
Run **sp_monitor** for a report containing several [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] statistics, including count of connection attempts.
  
@@MAX_CONNECTIONS is the maximum allowed number of simultaneous connections to the server. @@CONNECTIONS increments with each login attempt; therefore, @@CONNECTIONS can exceed @@MAX_CONNECTIONS.
  
## Examples  
This example returns the count of login attempts as of the current date and time.
  
```sql
SELECT GETDATE() AS 'Today''s Date and Time',   
@@CONNECTIONS AS 'Login Attempts';  
```  
  
[!INCLUDE[ssResult](../../includes/ssresult-md.md)]
  
```sql
  
Today's Date and Time  Login Attempts  
---------------------- --------------  
12/5/2006 10:32:45 AM  211023         
```  
  
## See also
[System Statistical Functions (Transact-SQL)](../../t-sql/functions/system-statistical-functions-transact-sql.md)  
[sp_monitor (Transact-SQL)](../../relational-databases/system-stored-procedures/sp-monitor-transact-sql.md)