SQL Server Profiler has always been a great tool for tracing activity “under the hood” on a SQL Server and assessing its performance. One feature that helps us quickly set up a trace on our current ...

Find out how to extract Showplan events from a trace so that SQL Server Profiler displays query plan information. View a table of Showplan trace events. [!INCLUDE SQL Server] You can add Showplan ...

Microsoft SQL Server's relational engine has offered new instrumentation that improves by light years with each new release. The introduction of Dynamic Management Views (DMVs) in SQL Server 2005 ...

This topic describes how to start traces automatically after connecting to an instance of [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] by using [!INCLUDE ...

"For years, DBAs asked for a simple way to gather and view SQL events data in real-time," said Josh Stephens, Vice President of Product Strategy at Idera. "We're excited to give DBAs a free solution ...

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) is the tool of choice for most developers when managing SQL Server and the relational data stored in it. Microsoft recently outlined plans for SSMS 22, currently in ...