# Resolve MSSQL OPENQUERY session hangs ### depends [Sysinternals Suite](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/sysinternals-suite) ### solution description Use `TCPView` from `Sysinternals Suite` to find connections which remote address are target linked server host. Then do `close connection` from contextmenu function. Use following statement to query running sessions. ```sql= SELECT t.session_id, t.host_name, t.program_name, t.login_time, t.client_interface_name, t.login_name, t.status, s.text FROM sys.dm_exec_sessions t CROSS APPLY ( SELECT s.text FROM sys.sysprocesses r CROSS APPLY sys.dm_exec_sql_text(r.sql_handle) AS s WHERE r.spid = t.session_id ) s WHERE t.[status] = 'running' ORDER BY t.host_name, t.[login_time] ```