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SetupDeadlockTrace

By Wayne Sheffield, 2009/05/27

Set the location where the trace files should be written to. When you run this script, your server will start tracing all deadlock events to the specified location.

/****************************************************/
/* Created by: SQL Server 2008 Profiler */
/* Date: 04/29/2009 04:03:30 PM */
/****************************************************/


-- Create a Queue
declare @rc int
declare @TraceID int
declare @maxfilesize bigint
declare @OutputFileName NVARCHAR(256)

set @maxfilesize = 10 --mb 
set @OutputFileName = '<<PUT YOUR FILE LOCATION HERE>>\ProdDeadlocks' + Convert(Varchar(20), GetDate(), 112) + Replace(Convert(Varchar(20), GetDate(), 108), ':', '')

exec @rc = sp_trace_create @TraceID output, 2, @OutputFileName, @maxfilesize, NULL 
if (@rc != 0) goto error

-- Set the events
declare @on bit
set @on = 1
exec sp_trace_setevent @TraceID, 148, 11, @on
exec sp_trace_setevent @TraceID, 148, 12, @on
exec sp_trace_setevent @TraceID, 148, 14, @on
exec sp_trace_setevent @TraceID, 148, 1, @on
exec sp_trace_setevent @TraceID, 25, 15, @on
exec sp_trace_setevent @TraceID, 25, 32, @on
exec sp_trace_setevent @TraceID, 25, 1, @on
exec sp_trace_setevent @TraceID, 25, 9, @on
exec sp_trace_setevent @TraceID, 25, 57, @on
exec sp_trace_setevent @TraceID, 25, 2, @on
exec sp_trace_setevent @TraceID, 25, 10, @on
exec sp_trace_setevent @TraceID, 25, 11, @on
exec sp_trace_setevent @TraceID, 25, 35, @on
exec sp_trace_setevent @TraceID, 25, 12, @on
exec sp_trace_setevent @TraceID, 25, 13, @on
exec sp_trace_setevent @TraceID, 25, 6, @on
exec sp_trace_setevent @TraceID, 25, 14, @on
exec sp_trace_setevent @TraceID, 25, 22, @on
exec sp_trace_setevent @TraceID, 59, 32, @on
exec sp_trace_setevent @TraceID, 59, 1, @on
exec sp_trace_setevent @TraceID, 59, 57, @on
exec sp_trace_setevent @TraceID, 59, 2, @on
exec sp_trace_setevent @TraceID, 59, 14, @on
exec sp_trace_setevent @TraceID, 59, 22, @on
exec sp_trace_setevent @TraceID, 59, 35, @on
exec sp_trace_setevent @TraceID, 59, 12, @on


-- Set the Filters
declare @intfilter int
declare @bigintfilter bigint

-- Set the trace status to start
exec sp_trace_setstatus @TraceID, 1

-- display trace id for future references
select TraceID=@TraceID
goto finish

error: 
select ErrorCode=@rc

finish: 
go

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