There is a script for setting up a blackbox trace on SQL 2000 described by Kalen Delaney in "Inside SQL Server 2000".
Since I can never remember where to look it up I wrote this simple stored procedure to run the blackbox trace when I need it. This should be used with caution as it will slow performance.
To check the status of the trace:
SELECT * from ::fn_trace_getinfo(
To stop the trace:
EXEC sp_trace_setstatus
To remove the trace:
EXEC sp_trace_setstatus
CREATE PROC dbo.sp_blackbox AS declare @TraceID int, @tracefile nvarchar(128), @maxfilesize bigint Select @tracefile = 'BlackBox', @maxfilesize = 2 exec sp_trace_create @TraceID output, 8, @tracefile, @maxfilesize exec sp_trace_setstatus @traceID, 1 RETURN
2007-10-02 (first published: 2002-06-20)
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I have always read that 8060 bytes is the maximum size. This is stated over and over again in Books Online, the MS site and numerous other sites, including this one. However a post in our forum recently questioned this. I decided to verify the problem and do a little research.
2007-10-02 (first published: 2002-02-07)
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The User_Defined_Functions.exe file contains the User-Defined Functions white paper. The User-Defined functions white paper outlines the characteristics of the new user-defined function (UDF) feature that is introduced in Microsoft SQL Server 2000. The white paper also summarizes how you can create your own Transact-SQL functions to extend the programmability of Transact-SQL.
2001-08-31
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The following stored procedure will demonstrate the use of cursor metadata. Using cursor metadata we can get information about an SQL statement and use that information to dynamically generate other code such as HTML or other stored procedures.
2001-07-27
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ne of the issues you face when building Web applications is handling the errors you encounter when interacting with a back-end database. I was recently working with someone to create a new Web site with SQL Server™, ActiveX® Data Objects (ADO), and ASP. Lots of little things came up that I thought were worth sharing with MIND readers, so I'll focus this column on what I learned from this experience and the solutions to many of the problems I faced.
2001-07-13
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