In this third article of our Stairway Series on tracing, Dan Guzman goes into the method of using Profiler to help you create a custom trace of the events that you need to monitor.
An introduction to the SQL Server default and black box traces targeted at DBAs who are new to these specialized traces. The article shows how to enable and disable the default trace feature and create a black box trace. The captured events are discussed along with how to view current and historical trace data of these traces.
An introduction to the SQL Trace catalog views and functions used to view existing trace definitions targeted at DBAs and Developers. The article discusses T-SQL queries to view defined traces, query trace status and start/stop/delete traces.
How to import a trace file into a table using T-SQL and the Profiler tool, for subsequent ad-hoc analysis.
How to use SQL Jobs, scripts and SSIS to manage traces and trace data collection.
Level 8 of this stairway series looks at the automation of your tracing using Integration Services.
In this level you will see how to employ the Data Collector feature of SQL Server to automate management of SQL Traces among multiple servers.
What are PowerShell and SQL PowerShell and how do you use them? Level 1 of this Stairway will help you answer these questions, and start to show you why you might want to use this great tool.
Now that you know how to get started with PowerShell, it is time to configure PowerShell for SQL Server use. This level covers the components you'll need and how to configure them.
This level will cover some of the Input/Output operations you can use with PowerShell.
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In SQL Server 2025, there is a new function that returns the current date without the time. What is it?
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