One feature that helps us quickly set up a trace on our current connection is new in SSMS 2008, namely “Trace Query in SQL Server Profiler”. Let’s take a look.

SQL Trace, the server-side component of SQL Server 2000’s tracing system, works with the Profiler client-side viewing utility. (The functionality and naming of SQL Trace and Profiler have ...

The SQL Profiler has a neat Deadlock Graph feature which is very useful. Let’s take a look…. When SQL Server detects a deadlock, it has to do something about it.

A recently discovered vulnerability in Microsoft's SQL Server 2000 database allows users to mask their log-in names.

SQL Server 2008 Integration Services ships with the wonderful new Data Profiling Task. Much as the name implies, it profiles the data in a given table and returns a ton of useful information. The task ...

Andy Hogg demonstrates how to clean up dirty data with the data profiling tool that comes with Microsoft SQL Server ...

IDERA today announced the availability of SQL Data Profiler, a free tool with a focus on the needs of data architects.

These were first introduced in SQL Server 2008, but didn't really catch on until SQL Server 2008 R2. The second is SQL Server profiler, which is available to every version of SQL Server starting ...

Idera, a leading provider of application and server management solutions, today announced the availability of SQL XEvent Profiler 1.0, a free tool that allows DBAs to create, run and view SQL ...

These were first introduced in SQL Server 2008, but didn't really catch on until SQL Server 2008 R2. The second is SQL Server profiler, which is available to every version of SQL Server starting ...