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CHAPTER 5 From SQL Trace to Extended Events

By Mladen Prajdić

In this chapter we’ll look at the currently existing tracing and diagnostic infrastructure in SQL Server 2012. There are three areas we’ll cover: SQL Trace, Event Notifications, and Extended Events. SQL Trace is the oldest of the three and has been put on the deprecated features list in SQL Server 2012. This means that it will be removed from the SQL Server in a future version. Future version usually means current version + 2. Because of that I assume for this chapter that you’re familiar with the terminology and basic use of SQL Profiler. Event notifications were introduced in SQL ...

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