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 ...

In an earlier blog I talked about the difference in mentality between the typical developer and the typical DBA. One of the characteristics of the DBA is the distrust of the Microsoft Wizards. “Give ...

The much-used Microsoft SQL Profiler is a tool headed toward obsolescence. What options are available once the tool is deprecated? We examine SQL Server Extended Events as a possibility. The ...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IDERA (a division of Idera, Inc.), a provider of powerful database productivity tools, today announced the availability of SQL Data Profiler, the newest free tool in the ...

One of the more essential SQL Server tools is its trace utility. With it you can view the activity occurring against a SQL Server for diagnostic, informational, and other purposes. Because it lets you ...

Microsoft has updated its SQL Server Management Studio to version 17.3, adding two features along with various minor enhancements and bug fixes. The Import Flat File Wizard streamlines the process of ...