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Microsoft is the largest software company in the world. What does this mean for SQL Server? Steve Jones thinks it's good.
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If I want to track which login called a stored procedure and use the value in an audit, what function can I use to replace the xxx below?
create procedure AddNewCustomer
@customername varchar(200)
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE @added VARCHAR(100)
SELECT @added = xxx
IF @customername IS NOT NULL
INSERT dbo.Customer
(
CustomerName,
AddedBy
)
VALUES
(@customername, @added)
END See possible answers