Sql-server – How to determine if a database is the principal in a mirroring setup

mirroringsql serversql-server-2005

I have two database servers Server1 and Server2, configured with mirroring. A single database, MirrorDB, is mirrored. There is another database on Server1 named OtherDB which is only present on Server1 and is not mirrored. OtherDB has a stored procedure named SP_Z which refers to a table in MirrorDB to compute some value.

When Server1 is the principal for MirrorDB the SP_Z stored procedure in OtherDB works perfectly, however when MirrorDB fails over to Server2 the SP_Z in OtherDB fails as it can not open MirrorDB.

How do I solve this problem?

Best Answer

At first I was expecting your error to be located at the point of retrieving SP_Z procedure. Sorry for being hasty.

This link gives an explanation on how to query database mirroring status of your database. So, you do the following:

DECLARE @MirroringRole int;
SET @MirroringRole = (SELECT mirroring_role
    FROM sys.database_mirroring
    WHERE DB_NAME(database_id) = N'DB_X');   -- your database name here
IF @MirroringRole = 2 -- Mirror
    -- connect to the failover partner server, using your database
ELSE IF @MirroringRole = 1 -- Principal
    -- connect to this server
END IF
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