connections-transact-sql.md

title	@@CONNECTIONS (Transact-SQL)
description	@@CONNECTIONS (Transact-SQL)
author	markingmyname
ms.author	maghan
ms.date	09/18/2017
ms.service	sql
ms.subservice	t-sql
ms.topic	reference
f1_keywords	@@CONNECTIONS @@CONNECTIONS_TSQL
helpviewer_keywords	@@CONNECTIONS function connections [SQL Server], number of connections [SQL Server], attempted number of connection attempts attempted connections
dev_langs	TSQL

@@CONNECTIONS (Transact-SQL)

[!INCLUDE SQL Server Azure SQL Managed Instance]

This function returns the number of attempted connections - both successful and unsuccessful - since [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] was last started.

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Syntax

@@CONNECTIONS  

Return types

integer

Remarks

Connections are different from users. An application, for example, can open multiple connections to [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] without user observation of those connections.

Run sp_monitor for a report containing several [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] 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.

SELECT GETDATE() AS 'Today''s Date and Time',   
@@CONNECTIONS AS 'Login Attempts';  

[!INCLUDEssResult]

Today's Date and Time  Login Attempts  
---------------------- --------------  
12/5/2006 10:32:45 AM  211023         

See also

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