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Unable to import a trace using SQL Nexus
While trying to import a profiler trace using SQL Nexus, you might get the following error in the SQL Nexus log file: "The system cannot find the file specified (System)" —————————— Program Location:...
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How to use Reporter to analyze SQL Profiler traces
I had a question on the SQL Nexus discussion forum regarding the following error while using Reporter: When I run Reporter, with the default settings (i.e. DB=PerfAnalysis), I get an error : Server:...
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How to fetch all Login Failed messages from default traces
I was recently investigating a login failed issue on a SQL instance and required to quickly find out all the Login Failed events that had occurred on the server. I could have scoured the SQL Errorlogs...
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Profiler: Why do you collect so much data?
This has been always been a classic Catch-22. Should I include that event? But that will bloat my profiler trace size very quickly!! And then suddenly, either your gut feeling takes over and you take a...
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Profiler events for different scenarios
A few moons back I had blogged about the high frequency events in SQL Server. In this post, I shall talk about the common scenarios where profiler traces are collected for SQL Performance issues and...
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What can you tell me Default Trace
The default trace functionality introduced in SQL Server 2005 is still a much under appreciated feature of the product. This is somewhat like a black box trace which is analogous to a airline black box...
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Two starts, one recompile and a confusing place
I used to be regular viewer of the TV Series “Two Guys, A Girl and A Pizza Place” co-starring Ryan Reynolds. The blog post title is a play on that name. In the past week, I have heard about this...
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Tools Tips and Tricks #4: RML Utilities
It is time again for your friendly neighborhood (or virtual neighborhood) SQL CSS person to provide you with the next set of tips for the various tools that he uses in his day-to-day work. I probably...
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WOOT: Default Trace and Power View
I have been working on building visualizations for various kinds of analysis that I perform for my customers. One such useful visualization was the use of Power View for analyzing the data available in...
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WOOT: Schema Changes History Report on Power View
The last post in this series talked about using Power View to analyze the data stored in the SQL Server’s default trace. I decided to take this a step further by creating the Schema Changes History...
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