December 2013
Intermediate to advanced
1872 pages
153h 31m
English
book
Microsoft® SQL Server 2012 Unleashed
by Ray Rankins, Paul T. Bertucci, Chris Gallelli, Alex T. Silverstein
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Identifying Performance Bottlenecks
Another common problem with database applications is identifying performance bottlenecks. For example, say that an application is running slow, but you’re not sure why. You tested all the SQL statements and stored procedures used by the application, and they were relatively fast. Yet you find that some of the application screens are slow. Is it the database server? Is it the client machine? Is it the network? These are all good questions, but what is the answer? SQL Profiler can help you find out.
You can start with the same trace definition used in the preceding section. For this scenario, you need to specify an ApplicationName filter with the name of the application you want to trace. You might also want ...