How to get the client IP address from SQL Server 2008 itself?

Question

I have a trigger for insert/update/delete. That is working fine. Also, I need the client's IP address from where the changes are made. That I need in T-SQL, that means, not in any web form but in the SQL/T-SQL while my trigger will get fired.

Also I go-ogled, and got that there is stored procedure in master database named xp_cmdshell which when executed with ipconfig we can get the IP Address. I think this will work only when you have administrative access to database. Mine hosting is a shared hosting , so I don't have such privilege. Is there any other way out?

Please note: I don't have administrative privileges on my SQL Server 2008 database. I need a solution as an authenticated user.

Another update:

I have got the solution, the query that will work for my scenario is

SELECT hostname, net_library, net_address
FROM sys.sysprocesses 
WHERE spid = @@SPID

It executes as needed but there is only one issue, that net_address is not in IP format. below is mine result:

hostname    net_library     net_address
IPC03       TCP/IP          AE8F925461DE  

I am eager to know:

1. What is net_address here? Is is MAC Address or Some IP address etc?

2. Is there any way to convert net_address to ip?

Answer 1

I found something which might work for you

CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[GetCurrentIP] ()
RETURNS varchar(255)
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @IP_Address varchar(255);

    SELECT @IP_Address = client_net_address
    FROM sys.dm_exec_connections
    WHERE Session_id = @@SPID;

    Return @IP_Address;
END

From How to get Client IP Address in SQL Server

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Answer 2

You can try out this solution. It even works on shared hosting:

select CONNECTIONPROPERTY('client_net_address') AS client_net_address 

Answer 3

Ultimately join the two system tables:

SELECT  hostname,
        net_library,
        net_address,
        client_net_address
FROM    sys.sysprocesses AS S
INNER JOIN    sys.dm_exec_connections AS decc ON S.spid = decc.session_id
WHERE   spid = @@SPID

Output:

hostname | net_library | net_address | client_net_address    
PIERRE   | TCP/IP      | 0090F5E5DEFF| 10.38.168.5

Answer 4

it needs just single line of code

 SELECT CONVERT(char(15), CONNECTIONPROPERTY('client_net_address'))

Answer 5

Below query returns IP address and the workstation name of the client machine (not the server).

SELECT CONNECTIONPROPERTY('client_net_address') AS IpAddress,
       HOST_NAME() AS ClientMachineName

Reference: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/t-sql/functions/host-name-transact-sql?view=sql-server-ver15

Example

The following example creates a table that uses HOST_NAME() in a DEFAULT definition to record the workstation name of computers that insert rows into orders table.

CREATE TABLE Orders_demo  
(
  OrderID     INT        PRIMARY KEY,  
  OrderDate   DATETIME   NOT NULL,
  Workstation NCHAR(30)  NOT NULL     DEFAULT HOST_NAME()
);  

Answer 6

I couldn't get the exact numeric IP address, instead I got a NULL value because of the limitation of the above statements. The limit is that you only get IP addresses if you're connected via TCP/IP. If you're local and using Shared Memory then those attributes don't exist. If you turn off Shared Memory (or any protocols except for TCP/IP) via Server Configuration Manager you will always get IP address for any connection.

You are best stuck with

SELECT SERVERPROPERTY(N'MachineName');

... which can act in place of numeric IP address.

Answer 7

try this

DECLARE @IP_Address varchar(255);
SELECT @IP_Address = client_net_address
FROM sys.dm_exec_connections
WHERE Session_id = @@SPID;

select @IP_Address;