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 ...

"For years, DBAs asked for a simple way to gather and view SQL events data in real-time," said Josh Stephens, Vice President of Product Strategy at Idera. "We're excited to give DBAs a free solution ...

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 dreaded error codes we get in the SQL log is the “1205”. It represents the infamous deadlock where two transactions are locking each other out. No way ...

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 ...

One of the most common problems when running SQL Servers is slow queries. The help desk or database team usually hears that described as the application is slow or ...

In the past, the question of how to perform auditing under SQL Server has had a simple answer: Do it yourself. But now, SQL Server 2000 has eased the burden of auditing by introducing an extensive and ...

SQL DBAs (database administrators) are always looking for ways they can optimise their datasets. Even a small increase in performance can deliver dividends that translate into cost savings and ...

The Execute Direct Query event has a duration of 2.1 seconds – meaning that again there is a gap to be explained, a gap where no activity seems to be taking place in the visual (clearly visible in the ...