is there a way using sqlexpress to review the most recent set of sql commands submitted to a database?

[Jeff Kish]

is there a way using sqlexpress to review the most recent set of sql commands
submitted to a database?
I remember something about setting up logging in sql server 2000, but don't
see much about this on google or the news group for 2005.
thanks
Jeff Kish

[Erland Sommarskog]

Jeff Kish (je*******@mro.com) writes:

is there a way using sqlexpress to review the most recent set of sql
commands submitted to a database?
I remember something about setting up logging in sql server 2000, but
don't see much about this on google or the news group for 2005.

You could set up a server-side trace for this, look up the sp_trace_xxx
functions in Books Online.

The lazy way to run a trace is to use Profiler, but Profiler does not
ship with SQL Express. Then again, longer tracing in production systems
is best done with server-side traces as they take less resources. Yet
then again, it's convenient to have Profiler, as you can define the
trace in Profiler and then export the trace definition as an SQL script.

--
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, es****@sommarskog.se

Books Online for SQL Server 2005 at
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Books Online for SQL Server 2000 at
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodinf...ons/books.mspx

[Jeff Kish]

On Fri, 18 May 2007 20:45:24 +0000 (UTC), Erland Sommarskog
<es****@sommarskog.sewrote:

>Jeff Kish (je*******@mro.com) writes:

>is there a way using sqlexpress to review the most recent set of sql
commands submitted to a database?
I remember something about setting up logging in sql server 2000, but
don't see much about this on google or the news group for 2005.

You could set up a server-side trace for this, look up the sp_trace_xxx
functions in Books Online.

The lazy way to run a trace is to use Profiler, but Profiler does not
ship with SQL Express. Then again, longer tracing in production systems
is best done with server-side traces as they take less resources. Yet
then again, it's convenient to have Profiler, as you can define the
trace in Profiler and then export the trace definition as an SQL script.

Oh thanks.
I have sql server 2000 also on the machine, however I'm trying not to use it
as 2005 is the preferred microsoft platform for db's.
i'll check out the online books.
thanks much
Jeff Kish