Maybe! Havent timed honestly, though you have to figure if you have indexes on the table that might add to a bit more time than just appending to the end of a text file (basically anyway). Whether the load/time matters depends on the volume, hardware, what you're logging etc. I just think it would be nice to log directly to a table - after all, SQL is ALL about tables. Especially for a quick perf tune type scenario it would be handy.

More importantly, I'd like to have the option. Stick warning labels on it if you must, but why not let us do it?

Of course once you know the deal its not bad, so the intent here was to maybe save someone new to Profiler a few minutes of head scratching...and let me air my complaint too!

Thanks for reading the article and taking time to comment.

Andy