Transact-SQL Reference

sp_trace_setevent

Adds or removes an event or event column to a trace. sp_trace_setevent may be executed only on existing traces that are stopped (status is 0). Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2000 will return an error if this stored procedure is executed on a trace that does not exist or whose status is not 0.

Syntax

sp_trace_setevent [ @traceid = ] trace_id
    , [ @eventid = ] event_id
    , [ @columnid = ] column_id
    , [ @on = ] on

Arguments

[ @traceid = ] trace_id

Is the ID of the trace to be modified. trace_id is int, with no default. The user employs this trace_id value to identify, modify, and control the trace.

[ @eventid = ] event_id

Is the ID of the event to turn on. event_id is int, with no default.

This table lists the events that can be added to or removed from a trace.

Event number
Event name

Description
0-9 Reserved  
10 RPC:Completed Occurs when a remote procedure call (RPC) has completed.
11 RPC:Starting Occurs when an RPC has started.
12 SQL:BatchCompleted Occurs when a Transact-SQL batch has completed.
13 SQL:BatchStarting Occurs when a Transact-SQL batch has started.
14 Login Occurs when a user successfully logs in to SQL Server.
15 Logout Occurs when a user logs out of SQL Server.
16 Attention Occurs when attention events, such as client-interrupt requests or broken client connections, happen.
17 ExistingConnection Detects all activity by users connected to SQL Server before the trace started.
18 ServiceControl Occurs when the SQL Server service state is modified.
19 DTCTransaction Tracks Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MS DTC) coordinated transactions between two or more databases.
20 Login Failed Indicates that a login attempt to SQL Server from a client failed.
21 EventLog Indicates that events have been logged in the Microsoft Windows NT® application log.
22 ErrorLog Indicates that error events have been logged in the SQL Server error log.
23 Lock:Released Indicates that a lock on a resource, such as a page, has been released.
24 Lock:Acquired Indicates acquisition of a lock on a resource, such as a data page.
25 Lock:Deadlock Indicates that two concurrent transactions have deadlocked each other by trying to obtain incompatible locks on resources the other transaction owns.
26 Lock:Cancel Indicates that the acquisition of a lock on a resource has been canceled (for example, due to a deadlock).
27 Lock:Timeout Indicates that a request for a lock on a resource, such as a page, has timed out due to another transaction holding a blocking lock on the required resource. Time-out is determined by the @@LOCK_TIMEOUT function, and can be set with the SET LOCK_TIMEOUT statement.
28 DOP Event Occurs before a SELECT, INSERT, or UPDATE statement is executed.
29-31 Reserved Use Event 28 instead.
32 Reserved  
33 Exception Indicates that an exception has occurred in SQL Server.
34 SP:CacheMiss Indicates when a stored procedure is not found in the procedure cache.
35 SP:CacheInsert Indicates when an item is inserted into the procedure cache.
36 SP:CacheRemove Indicates when an item is removed from the procedure cache.
37 SP:Recompile Indicates that a stored procedure was recompiled.
38 SP:CacheHit Indicates when a stored procedure is found in the procedure cache.
39 SP:ExecContextHit Indicates when the execution version of a stored procedure has been found in the procedure cache.
40 SQL:StmtStarting Occurs when the Transact-SQL statement has started.
41 SQL:StmtCompleted Occurs when the Transact-SQL statement has completed.
42 SP:Starting Indicates when the stored procedure has started.
43 SP:Completed Indicates when the stored procedure has completed.
44 Reserved Use Event 40 instead.
45 Reserved Use Event 41 instead.
46 Object:Created Indicates that an object has been created, such as for CREATE INDEX, CREATE TABLE, and CREATE DATABASE statements.
47 Object:Deleted Indicates that an object has been deleted, such as in DROP INDEX and DROP TABLE statements.
48 Reserved  
49 Reserved  
50 SQL Transaction Tracks Transact-SQL BEGIN, COMMIT, SAVE, and ROLLBACK TRANSACTION statements.
51 Scan:Started Indicates when a table or index scan has started.
52 Scan:Stopped Indicates when a table or index scan has stopped.
53 CursorOpen Indicates when a cursor is opened on a Transact-SQL statement by ODBC, OLE DB, or DB-Library.
54 Transaction Log Tracks when transactions are written to the transaction log.
55 Hash Warning Indicates that a hashing operation (for example, hash join, hash aggregate, hash union, and hash distinct) that is not processing on a buffer partition has reverted to an alternate plan. This can occur because of recursion depth, data skew, trace flags, or bit counting.
56-57 Reserved  
58 Auto Update Stats Indicates an automatic updating of index statistics has occurred.
59 Lock:Deadlock Chain Produced for each of the events leading up to the deadlock.
60 Lock:Escalation Indicates that a finer-grained lock has been converted to a coarser-grained lock (for example, a row lock escalated or converted to a page lock).
61 OLE DB Errors Indicates that an OLE DB error has occurred.
62-66 Reserved  
67 Execution Warnings Indicates any warnings that occurred during the execution of a SQL Server statement or stored procedure.
68 Execution Plan Displays the plan tree of the Transact-SQL statement executed.
69 Sort Warnings Indicates sort operations that do not fit into memory. Does not include sort operations involving the creating of indexes; only sort operations within a query (such as an ORDER BY clause used in a SELECT statement).
70 CursorPrepare Indicates when a cursor on a Transact-SQL statement is prepared for use by ODBC, OLE DB, or DB-Library.
71 Prepare SQL ODBC, OLE DB, or DB-Library has prepared a Transact-SQL statement or statements for use.
72 Exec Prepared SQL ODBC, OLE DB, or DB-Library has executed a prepared Transact-SQL statement or statements.
73 Unprepare SQL ODBC, OLE DB, or DB-Library has unprepared (deleted) a prepared Transact-SQL statement or statements.
74 CursorExecute A cursor previously prepared on a Transact-SQL statement by ODBC, OLE DB, or DB-Library is executed.
75 CursorRecompile A cursor opened on a Transact-SQL statement by ODBC or DB-Library has been recompiled either directly or due to a schema change.

Triggered for ANSI and non-ANSI cursors.

76 CursorImplicitConversion A cursor on a Transact-SQL statement is converted by SQL Server from one type to another.

Triggered for ANSI and non-ANSI cursors.

77 CursorUnprepare A prepared cursor on a Transact-SQL statement is unprepared (deleted) by ODBC, OLE DB, or DB-Library.
78 CursorClose A cursor previously opened on a Transact-SQL statement by ODBC, OLE DB, or DB-Library is closed.
79 Missing Column Statistics Column statistics that could have been useful for the optimizer are not available.
80 Missing Join Predicate Query that has no join predicate is being executed. This could result in a long-running query.
81 Server Memory Change Microsoft SQL Server memory usage has increased or decreased by either 1 megabyte (MB) or 5 percent of the maximum server memory, whichever is greater.
82-91 User Configurable (0-9) Event data defined by the user.
92 Data File Auto Grow Indicates that a data file was extended automatically by the server.
93 Log File Auto Grow Indicates that a data file was extended automatically by the server.
94 Data File Auto Shrink Indicates that a data file was shrunk automatically by the server.
95 Log File Auto Shrink Indicates that a log file was shrunk automatically by the server.
96 Show Plan Text Displays the query plan tree of the SQL statement from the query optimizer.
97 Show Plan ALL Displays the query plan with full compile-time details of the SQL statement executed.
98 Show Plan Statistics Displays the query plan with full run-time details of the SQL statement executed.
99 Reserved  
100 RPC Output Parameter Produces output values of the parameters for every RPC.
101 Reserved  
102 Audit Statement GDR Occurs every time a GRANT, DENY, REVOKE for a statement permission is issued by any user in SQL Server.
103 Audit Object GDR Occurs every time a GRANT, DENY, REVOKE for an object permission is issued by any user in SQL Server.
104 Audit Add/Drop Login Occurs when a SQL Server login is added or removed; for sp_addlogin and sp_droplogin.
105 Audit Login GDR Occurs when a Microsoft Windows® login right is added or removed; for sp_grantlogin, sp_revokelogin, and sp_denylogin.
106 Audit Login Change Property Occurs when a property of a login, except passwords, is modified; for sp_defaultdb and sp_defaultlanguage.
107 Audit Login Change Password Occurs when a SQL Server login password is changed.

Passwords are not recorded.

108 Audit Add Login to Server Role Occurs when a login is added or removed from a fixed server role; for sp_addsrvrolemember, and sp_dropsrvrolemember.
109 Audit Add DB User Occurs when a login is added or removed as a database user (Windows or SQL Server) to a database; for sp_grantdbaccess, sp_revokedbaccess, sp_adduser, and sp_dropuser.
110 Audit Add Member to DB Occurs when a login is added or removed as a database user (fixed or user-defined) to a database; for sp_addrolemember, sp_droprolemember, and sp_changegroup.
111 Audit Add/Drop Role Occurs when a login is added or removed as a database user to a database; for sp_addrole and sp_droprole.
112 App Role Pass Change Occurs when a password of an application role is changed.
113 Audit Statement Permission Occurs when a statement permission (such as CREATE TABLE) is used.
114 Audit Object Permission Occurs when an object permission (such as SELECT) is used, both successfully or unsuccessfully.
115 Audit Backup/Restore Occurs when a BACKUP or RESTORE command is issued.
116 Audit DBCC Occurs when DBCC commands are issued.
117 Audit Change Audit Occurs when audit trace modifications are made.
118 Audit Object Derived Permission Occurs when a CREATE, ALTER, and DROP object commands are issued.

[ @columnid = ] column_id

Is the ID of the column to be added for the event. column_id is int, with no default.

This table lists the columns that can be added for an event.

Column number Column name Description
1 TextData Text value dependent on the event class that is captured in the trace.
2 BinaryData Binary value dependent on the event class captured in the trace.
3 DatabaseID ID of the database specified by the USE database statement, or the default database if no USE database statement is issued for a given connection.

The value for a database can be determined by using the DB_ID function.

4 TransactionID System-assigned ID of the transaction.
5 Reserved  
6 NTUserName Microsoft Windows NT® user name.
7 NTDomainName Windows NT domain to which the user belongs.
8 ClientHostName Name of the client computer that originated the request.
9 ClientProcessID ID assigned by the client computer to the process in which the client application is running.
10 ApplicationName Name of the client application that created the connection to an instance of SQL Server. This column is populated with the values passed by the application rather than the displayed name of the program.
11 SQLSecurityLoginName SQL Server login name of the client.
12 SPID Server Process ID assigned by SQL Server to the process associated with the client.
13 Duration Amount of elapsed time (in milliseconds) taken by the event. This data column is not populated by the Hash Warning event.
14 StartTime Time at which the event started, when available.
15 EndTime Time at which the event ended. This column is not populated for starting event classes, such as SQL:BatchStarting or SP:Starting. It is also not populated by the Hash Warning event.
16 Reads Number of logical disk reads performed by the server on behalf of the event. This column is not populated by the Lock:Released event.
17 Writes Number of physical disk writes performed by the server on behalf of the event.
18 CPU Amount of CPU time (in milliseconds) used by the event.
19 Permissions Represents the bitmap of permissions; used by Security Auditing.
20 Severity Severity level of an exception.
21 EventSubClass Type of event subclass. This data column is not populated for all event classes.
22 ObjectID System-assigned ID of the object.
23 Success Success of the permissions usage attempt; used for auditing.

1 = success
0 = failure

24 IndexID ID for the index on the object affected by the event. To determine the index ID for an object, use the indid column of the sysindexes system table.
25 IntegerData Integer value dependent on the event class captured in the trace.
26 ServerName Name of the instance of SQL Server (either servername or servername\instancename) being traced.
27 EventClass Type of event class being recorded.
28 ObjectType Type of object (such as table, function, or stored procedure).
29 NestLevel The nesting level at which this stored procedure is executing. See @@NESTLEVEL.
30 State Server state, in case of an error.
31 Error Error number.
32 Mode Lock mode of the lock acquired. This column is not populated by the Lock:Released event.
33 Handle Handle of the object referenced in the event.
34 ObjectName Name of object accessed.
35 DatabaseName Name of the database specified in the USE database statement.
36 Filename Logical name of the file name modified.
37 ObjectOwner Owner ID of the object referenced.
38 TargetRoleName Name of the database or server-wide role targeted by a statement.
39 TargetUserName User name of the target of some action.
40 DatabaseUserName SQL Server database username of the client.
41 LoginSID Security identification number (SID) of the logged-in user.
42 TargetLoginName Login name of the target of some action.
43 TargetLoginSID SID of the login that is the target of some action.
44 ColumnPermissionsSet Column-level permissions status; used by Security Auditing.

[ @on = ] on

Specifies whether to turn the event ON (1) or OFF (0). @on is bit, with no default.

If on is set to 1, and column_id is NULL, then the Event is set to ON and all columns are cleared. If column_id is not null, then the Column is set to ON for that event.

If on is set to 0, and column_id is NULL, then the Event is turned OFF and all columns are cleared. If column_id is not null, then the Column is turned OFF.

This table illustrates the interaction between @on and @columnid.

@on @columnid Result
ON (1) NULL Event is turned ON.

All Columns are cleared.

  NOT NULL Column is turned ON for the specified Event.
OFF (0) NULL Event is turned OFF.

All Columns are cleared.

  NOT NULL Column is turned OFF for the specified Event.

Return Code Values

This table describes the code values that users may get following completion of the stored procedure.

Return code Description
0 No error.
1 Unknown error.
2 The trace is currently running. Changing the trace at this time will result in an error.
3 The specified Event is not valid. The Event may not exist or it is not an appropriate one for the store procedure.
4 The specified Column is not valid.
9 The specified Trace Handle is not valid.
11 The specified Column is used internally and cannot be removed.
13 Out of memory. Returned when there is not enough memory to perform the specified action.
16 The function is not valid for this trace.

Remarks

sp_trace_setevent is a Microsoft SQL Server 2000 stored procedure that performs many of the actions previously executed by extended stored procedures available in earlier versions of SQL Server. Use sp_trace_setevent instead of:

Users must execute sp_trace_setevent for each column added for each event. During each execution, if @on is set to 1, sp_trace_setevent adds the specified event to the list of events of the trace. If @on is set to 0, sp_trace_setevent removes the specified event from the list.

Parameters of all SQL Trace stored procedures (sp_trace_xx) are strictly typed. If these parameters are not called with the correct input parameter data types, as specified in the argument description, the stored procedure will return an error.

Permissions

Only members of the sysadmin fixed server role can execute sp_trace_setevent.

See Also

fn_trace_geteventinfo

fn_trace_getinfo

sp_trace_generateevent