ClearTrace
ClearTrace imports SQL Server 2000 and 2005 trace (and profiler) files into SQL Server and displays summary performance information. It is designed to provide the same performance summary as Read80Trace but in a graphical environment and for SQL Server 2005.
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You can view a video demonstration of ClearTrace.
Features
- Summarize SQL Server Query Performance
- Enhance SQL Server Performance Tuning
Normalized SQL Statements
ClearTrace "normalizes" the SQL statements to eliminate transient differences in SQL statements. For example, the following statement
Select * From qryLinksByNewsletterID Where NewsletterID=19
is normalized to
SELECT * FROM QRYLINKSBYNEWSLETTERID WHERE NEWSLETTERID={##}
This allows the common SQL statements to be grouped together to determine their impact on the system. Other steps include:
- All numeric, string and date constants are converted to a placeholder
- Prepared SQL is displayed as the actual statement executed
- Server-side cursors are prefixed with "{CURSOR}" so they can be identified and removed
- sp_executesql displays the actual SQL statement executed
- Stored Procedure names are pulled from the RPC:Completed event
Integrated Query Results
- Includes a simple query tool to display the performance data
- Groups by Normalized SQL text, Application, Host or Login
- Filters by Application, Host or Login
- Sorts by CPU, Reads, Writes or Duration
Other Features
- Will process all trace files sequentially from a trace
- Stores the data in SQL Server where it can be easily queried or stored in a data warehouse
- Can move the trace files to an archive directory after processing is complete.
Requirements
- SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition, SQL Server 2005 Workgroup Eidtion, SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition or SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition must be installed on the computer that is running ClearTrace. The Express Edition doesn't install the required SMO libraries.
- The trace files can be from SQL Server 2000 or SQL Server 2005.
- The data can be stored in SQL Server 2000 or SQL Server 2005.
- There appear to be problems that prevent SMO from reading 64-bit trace files consistently. Sometimes it works ... sometimes it doesn't.
- This is BETA software. The graphical version should report any errors back to us.