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Author
2 Feb 2007 10:16 AM
Steve L
Hi,

I am doing a tuning exercise on a SQL 2K5 instance, I am encountering
a problem when Profiler goes to create a table. I have profiled
Profiler and have extracted the following code

CREATE TABLE [dbo].[con1] ([RowNumber] int IDENTITY(0,1) PRIMARY KEY,
[EventClass] int NULL,[Duration] bigint NULL,,
[TextData] ntext NULL,[SPID] int NULL,[BinaryData] image NULL,[CPU]
int NULL,[Reads] bigint NULL,[Writes] bigint NULL,[ApplicationName]
nvarchar(128) NULL,[ClientProcessID] int NULL,[DatabaseID] int NULL,
[DatabaseName] nvarchar(128) NULL,[EventSequence] int NULL,
[EventSubClass] int NULL,[HostName] nvarchar(128) NULL,[IntegerData]
int NULL,[IsSystem] int NULL,[LoginName] nvarchar(128) NULL,[LoginSid]
image NULL,[NTDomainName] nvarchar(128) NULL,[NTUserName]
nvarchar(128) NULL,[RequestID] int NULL,[ServerName] nvarchar(128)
NULL,[SessionLoginName] nvarchar(128) NULL,[StartTime] datetime NULL,
[TransactionID] bigint NULL)

As you can see, after Duration (the 3rd column), there is a double
comma inserted which of course is erroring.

This occurs when defining a table to save to prior to running the
trace, and defining a table after running the trace.

I have tried the standard profiler which appears to work fine.

I also updated to SP2 CTP (this is a test server) because it appeared
to be an issue simular to this http://support.microsoft.com/?
kbid=925335.

A quick response would be appreciated as I am a contractor and I am on
tight timescales.

Cheers

Steve

Author
2 Feb 2007 2:11 PM
Andrew J. Kelly
Steve,

I don't know how to fix the error with profiler but I recommend you not do
that in the fist place. Tracing to a table can be a huge performance hit and
can skew your results. It is recommended that you trace directly to a file
using sp_trace_create and then use fn_trace_gettable to retrieve the data.
You can do something like this to put the trace results in a table:

SELECT * INTO YourTable FROM fn_trace_gettable(xxx)

If you already have a trace in profiler you can save it to a file and do the
same.

--
Andrew J. Kelly SQL MVP

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"Steve L" <steve_lawren***@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1170411376.241148.280690@v33g2000cwv.googlegroups.com...
> Hi,
>
> I am doing a tuning exercise on a SQL 2K5 instance, I am encountering
> a problem when Profiler goes to create a table. I have profiled
> Profiler and have extracted the following code
>
> CREATE TABLE [dbo].[con1] ([RowNumber] int IDENTITY(0,1) PRIMARY KEY,
> [EventClass] int NULL,[Duration] bigint NULL,,
> [TextData] ntext NULL,[SPID] int NULL,[BinaryData] image NULL,[CPU]
> int NULL,[Reads] bigint NULL,[Writes] bigint NULL,[ApplicationName]
> nvarchar(128) NULL,[ClientProcessID] int NULL,[DatabaseID] int NULL,
> [DatabaseName] nvarchar(128) NULL,[EventSequence] int NULL,
> [EventSubClass] int NULL,[HostName] nvarchar(128) NULL,[IntegerData]
> int NULL,[IsSystem] int NULL,[LoginName] nvarchar(128) NULL,[LoginSid]
> image NULL,[NTDomainName] nvarchar(128) NULL,[NTUserName]
> nvarchar(128) NULL,[RequestID] int NULL,[ServerName] nvarchar(128)
> NULL,[SessionLoginName] nvarchar(128) NULL,[StartTime] datetime NULL,
> [TransactionID] bigint NULL)
>
> As you can see, after Duration (the 3rd column), there is a double
> comma inserted which of course is erroring.
>
> This occurs when defining a table to save to prior to running the
> trace, and defining a table after running the trace.
>
> I have tried the standard profiler which appears to work fine.
>
> I also updated to SP2 CTP (this is a test server) because it appeared
> to be an issue simular to this http://support.microsoft.com/?
> kbid=925335.
>
> A quick response would be appreciated as I am a contractor and I am on
> tight timescales.
>
> Cheers
>
> Steve
>
Author
5 Feb 2007 10:15 AM
Steve L
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On 2 Feb, 14:11, "Andrew J. Kelly" <sqlmvpnooos***@shadhawk.com>
wrote:
> Steve,
>
> I don't know how to fix the error with profiler but I recommend you not do
> that in the fist place. Tracing to a table can be a huge performance hit and
> can skew your results. It is recommended that you trace directly to a file
> using sp_trace_create and then use fn_trace_gettable to retrieve the data.
> You can do something like this to put the trace results in a table:
>
> SELECT * INTO YourTable FROM fn_trace_gettable(xxx)
>
> If you already have a trace in profiler you can save it to a file and do the
> same.
>
> --
> Andrew J. Kelly SQL MVP
>
> "Steve L" <steve_lawren***@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
>
> news:1170411376.241148.280690@v33g2000cwv.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
> > Hi,
>
> > I am doing a tuning exercise on a SQL 2K5 instance, I am encountering
> > a problem when Profiler goes to create a table. I have profiled
> > Profiler and have extracted the following code
>
> > CREATE TABLE [dbo].[con1] ([RowNumber] int IDENTITY(0,1) PRIMARY KEY,
> > [EventClass] int NULL,[Duration] bigint NULL,,
> > [TextData] ntext NULL,[SPID] int NULL,[BinaryData] image NULL,[CPU]
> > int NULL,[Reads] bigint NULL,[Writes] bigint NULL,[ApplicationName]
> > nvarchar(128) NULL,[ClientProcessID] int NULL,[DatabaseID] int NULL,
> > [DatabaseName] nvarchar(128) NULL,[EventSequence] int NULL,
> > [EventSubClass] int NULL,[HostName] nvarchar(128) NULL,[IntegerData]
> > int NULL,[IsSystem] int NULL,[LoginName] nvarchar(128) NULL,[LoginSid]
> > image NULL,[NTDomainName] nvarchar(128) NULL,[NTUserName]
> > nvarchar(128) NULL,[RequestID] int NULL,[ServerName] nvarchar(128)
> > NULL,[SessionLoginName] nvarchar(128) NULL,[StartTime] datetime NULL,
> > [TransactionID] bigint NULL)
>
> > As you can see, after Duration (the 3rd column), there is a double
> > comma inserted which of course is erroring.
>
> > This occurs when defining a table to save to prior to running the
> > trace, and defining a table after running the trace.
>
> > I have tried the standard profiler which appears to work fine.
>
> > I also updated to SP2 CTP (this is a test server) because it appeared
> > to be an issue simular to thishttp://support.microsoft.com/?
> > kbid=925335.
>
> > A quick response would be appreciated as I am a contractor and I am on
> > tight timescales.
>
> > Cheers
>
> > Steve- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Hi Andrew

thanks for the response, I will use the method above as a workaround
and thanks for that information. It would be nice to know if this is a
recognised issue by MS and what their recommended workarounds are for
it.

Cheers

Steve L

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