SQL 2012 :: Extended Events Capturing Info On Dev Environment But Not On PRO?
Jan 27, 2015
I do have the following Extended Event session on my Dev box;
CREATE EVENT SESSION [sp_showplan] ON SERVER
ADD EVENT sqlserver.query_post_execution_showplan(SET collect_database_name=(1)
ACTION(sqlserver.plan_handle)
WHERE ([package0].[equal_uint64]([object_type],(8272)) AND [sqlserver].[equal_i_sql_unicode_string]([object_name],N'MyStoreProcedure')))
ADD TARGET package0.event_file(SET filename=N'E:DBA_AuditSP_Exec.xel',metadatafile=N'E:DBA_AuditSP_Exec.xem')
WITH (MAX_MEMORY=4096 KB,EVENT_RETENTION_MODE=ALLOW_SINGLE_EVENT_LOSS,MAX_DISPATCH_LATENCY=30 SECONDS,MAX_EVENT_SIZE=0 KB,MEMORY_PARTITION_MODE=NONE,TRACK_CAUSALITY=OFF,STARTUP_STATE=OFF)
GO
The idea is being able to capture the execution plan when the program invokes the store procedure, regardless of the database.
This works on my Dev box. When I manually trigger "MyStoreProcedure" from database A , the event is saved. The same thing happens when I do that from database B. Ok ... so far, so good.
So I went to the live production environment and setup my Extended Events session. But it's saving nothing. I was able to check that the store procedure was executed on several databases but my extended events session never grabbed the plan.
What could be the reason for this? Memory starvation maybe? Is there something I am doing wrong?
I have an existing EE setup that captures all failing queries (see code below). The problem is that I also want to somehow capture RPC_starting so that I can see which parameters are passed in whenever a query fails. Is there a way to somehow capture those two events (error_reported & rpc_starting), but only capture rpc_starting when there is actually an error reported?Or maybe just an event on rpc_starting and somehow filter to only capture when there is an error?
Existing error_reported EE code: CREATE EVENT SESSION [what_queries_are_failing] ON SERVER ADD EVENT sqlserver.error_reported ( ACTION(sqlserver.sql_text, sqlserver.tsql_stack, sqlserver.database_id, sqlserver.session_id, package0.collect_system_time, sqlserver.transaction_id, sqlserver.username, sqlserver.client_hostname)
We know we can use the event lock_deadlock and xml_deadlock_report to capture the deadlock info, however I also want to capture the execution plans for all of the SPIDs in the deadlock graph, how to output the execution plans to the extended events trace results either ? such as if there is an action for execution plan or workaround for it ?If there is no built in action for execution plan , may I know if we can add the customized info to the extended events results file also ? Such as when the deadlock related event happens , then we can run a query to get some info ,then added the info along with other info such as sql_text, dbname etc to the events trace results file either ? The reason is if we also know the execution plans when the deadlock happens, it is useful to turning the query based on the execution plans to reduce deadlock happening .
I am learning Extended event to capture deadlock which already happened, for this in my SQL SERVER 2012.. I am simulating a deadlock . With [URL]... where given a query to find the deadlock details using extended event here is the code..Retrieve from Extended Events in 2012.
SELECT XEvent.query('(event/data/value/deadlock)[1]') AS DeadlockGraph FROM ( SELECT XEvent.query('.') AS XEvent FROM ( SELECT CAST(target_data AS XML) AS TargetData FROM sys.dm_xe_session_targets st JOIN sys.dm_xe_sessions s
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This code creates a deadlock but when i run the above Extended events query to get the details of deadlock, it doesnot display any results.
I've setup a deadlock monitor using extended events like this.
CREATE EVENT SESSION [deadlock] ON SERVER ADD EVENT sqlserver.lock_deadlock( ACTION(package0.process_id,sqlserver.client_app_name,sqlserver.client_hostname, sqlserver.database_id,sqlserver.database_name,sqlserver.plan_handle)
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Deadlock happened couple of days ago. I'm trying to determine the cause of deadlocks. What script should I use to pull that information to see what objects/processes caused deadlock?
I want to gather (and filter by) client ip address in an extended events session. So far, I have the sqlserver.login event added, but I can find no way to get client ip address added to the action or predicate.
I can filter by the pred_source field "session_nt_domain" or "nt_domain" but this is not always populated by all logins and also, this domain only lists machine name, such as FRED, as opposed to the full domain FRED.foo.bar.
Is it possible to gather login client ip address in an extended events session? Surely internal SQL Server processes have access to it because the login audit can populate client ip address.
When you view the Extended Events "Watch Live Data" is the duration in milliseconds or microseconds? I'm assuming it's milliseconds, but if you look at the timestamp difference from start to complete it doesn't add up to the duration amount? It looks like it's just the difference between the timestamps?
I use this code in a utility procedure (for performance testing) but it is really slow.
For example, a session with three events is taking 5 seconds to complete this query:
DECLARE @xml xml= ( SELECT CAST(xet.target_data AS xml) FROM sys.dm_xe_session_targets AS xet JOIN sys.dm_xe_sessions AS xe ON (xe.address = xet.event_session_address) WHERE xe.name = @name );
In the past, I've combined server side traces with Perfmon successfully, which is pretty useful, I know that. I would like to do the same with Extended Events, so I can correlate and analyze the server side as well.
I wanted to demonstrate something about CXPACKET wait type. For the purpose of this demo I've created a query in AdventureWorks database that uses a parallel query plan, an extended events session that captured the wait statistics for a single session and a query that shows the extended event's data. I ran it and it worked fine. Then I dropped and recreated the event session (to clear the data), in a new window I wrote a transaction that updated the table fallowed by waitfor statement so the first query will be blocked for few seconds and ran the whole thing again. The select statement was blocked as expected (ran for 9 seconds instead on 1 second as it ran without the blocking), but the wait stats that I got were almost identical to the those that I got without blocking the query.
--Query that uses parallel query plan With MyCTE as ( select top 50 * from Sales.SalesOrderHeader) select top 10000 * from Sales.SalesOrderHeader, MyCTE order by newid()
I am trying to use xquery to get event data back from extended events. I am trying to use some sample data from Grant Fritchey but I am getting null records back. Below is the xml - I just want to retrieve a distinct list of the client_hostname and client_app_name.
WITH xEvents AS (SELECT object_name AS xEventName, CAST (event_data AS xml) AS xEventData FROM sys.fn_xe_file_target_read_file ('C:LoginTraceShared_0*.xel', NULL, NULL, NULL)) SELECT distinct top 1000 xEventName, xEventData.value('(/event/data[@action_name=''Client_APP_Name'']/value)[1]','varchar') Client_APP_Name, xEventData.value('(/event/data[@action_name=''Client_Host_Name'']/value)[1]','varchar') Client_Host_Name FROM xEvents
We are planning to convert or change all existing Traces to Extended Events in SQL server 2012. What is the procedure to convert custom traces. We have already created some below custom traces: like this we are planning to convert for all servers.
I'm trying to add functionality to a VB 6 application allowingcustomer service to add a customer number to a new customer.Customers are added to the database by sales personnel, and aprospective customer may have multiple rows due to projected ordersfor multiple products. Customer numbers are assigned when a newcustomer makes their first order.I'm using a DataGrid connected to an ADO Data Control. The datacontrol is connected to a view in SQL Server using the 'distinct'directive (I know it's not updatable) to show only one line per newcustomer. What I wish to do is capture the update event (probablythrough the FieldChangeComplete routine of the data control), manuallyassign the newly entered customer number to all appropriate rows inthe database, and cancel the update event with no notifications.I'm having two problems:1. I can't capture the newly entered customer number. The Textproperty of the DataGrid returns the old value of the cell instead ofthe newly entered value. How do I get the edited value?2. Even though I set adStatus = adStatusCancel in theFieldChangeComplete routine, I get a Microsoft DataGrid Control dialogstating 'Operation was Canceled'. How do I avoid this notification?
I can only do one match at a time -- Like can only do either the sql_statement_(start and end), or sp_statement_(start or end). Is there any way to capture both in the same session? Or since I am adding both the events in the ADD EVENT section, can I query it somehow to get unmatched SP or SQL?
Code:
USE master; GO -- Create the Event Session IF EXISTS(SELECT * FROM sys.server_event_sessions WHERE name='TimedOutSQL')
I am wanting to get/filter on all queries and procs that take longer than 2 seconds to run (I'll balance real values later) but I'm not sure which Action out of the XE that I need.
I am using SQL Server 2014 and thought I had used sqlserver.sql_statement_completed.duration > 2000 in a previous version.
I know very little about Extended Events, but I know it is supposed to be more powerful than Profiler. The SQL Instance involved is 2008R2. I was asked whether we could capture when a stored proc was called with a certain parameter. So for example, if dbo.usp_mystoredproc is called and is passed a value of '12345a' for @customer, can that be captured? I would want to know the time it was called, the parameter and parameter value. Probably would be interested in the SPID or LoginName as well.
I need to find any stored procedures that have not been used over a certain time period.
I have set up an extended events session to gather sp_statement_starting and _completed.
The trace returns the object_id's of many stored procedures. I then query the sys.procedures and plug in the object_id to return the stored proc name.
Do I have to repeat this process for every different object_id or is there a way I can query the trace results, using the object_id as my search criteria as one query ?
I have created a session in extended events and want to frequently monitor the events that i have filtered .The problem i am facing is i am not able to clear the previous data as we do it in SQL trace. i am able to see all the data that is occupied till now.whenever i start the test i want the current data only to be displayed.The work around is either delete the session and create a new one every-time which i do not want to do .I am able to see the CLEAR DATA FROM TABLE button but it is in Disabled state all the time.
I am setting up extended events more or less just fine, however I am a bit confused as to how to read and load them into a table for querying. In particular the offset part - is there a way to load just a given dates worth in?
I've got the files configured to be 20MB before rolling over, the XE is running all the time.
So if i load in the full file now, say that covers 2.5 days worth, when I load it again tomorrow to get the updated data I'm also reloading today, which is a waste?
I presume I am going about this wrong, but lack an example that really goes into detail of practicalities of loading this data.
Hello experts. I have been searching for anything about this but found very little. What are the events logged in SQL Server Error Logs aside from Successful/Failed Login, Backup/Restore/Recover database and, start/init sql server? Can we configure this to log other events, like CREATE or DBCC events for example? If so, how? Thanks a lot.
I am logging into a SQL instance to run the following query:
DECLARE @ReturnCode int EXECUTE @ReturnCode = [master].dbo.xp_create_subdir N'sharemasterFULL' IF @ReturnCode <> 0 RAISERROR('Error creating directory.', 16, 1)
The share in which the folder is to be created has my account added with full permissions to create files. However this command fails unless I add the SQL Service account user with rights to the folder also.
Is this expected behaviour, is this something specific to extended stored procedures?
I am using SQL Server 2012 and to me a part of data captured by CDC is not making sense.
I have a table called 'Schema.Table1', and I enabled CDC on it by running 'sys.sp_cdc_enable_table'. I see that a table called 'cdc.Schema_Table1_CT' got created which now gets an entry when ever I Insert, Update or delete a record in the original table.
Till this point every thing works fine.
My original Table has a NOT NULL INT column called 'AuditTrackerUserID' with a default value of 1996. My application does not provides a value for this column, but because the column itself has a default value, records get inserted without error.
When I try to execute the following Query I see multiple records with __$operation of 3 and 1.
SELECT * from cdc.Schema_Table1_CT where AuditTrackerUserID IS NULL
My expectation is that I should not ever see any record returned by this query because AuditTrackerUserID is a not null column, but I do.
I've read lots about why you shouldn't normally shrink databases in posts such as this:
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But we have a situation where we are required to copy the live db to various non production environments for testing. Part of this process involves truncating a number of tables with masses of blob data. So we're freeing up quite a lot of space. The question is how to reclaim this? The database is peculiar in that it's got no clustered indexes so I can't rebuild indexes on another filegroup with drop to move and rebuild.
I've tried dbcc shrinkfile specifying a size. I've tried to shrink the file in increments. The problem is I'm just not getting much space released. I get maybe 2-3%. I suspect this is because we're dealing with heaps with some tables that have sparsely populated blob / image data.
Is there an alternative to shrinking? Should I recreate all the db objects in a new database? It doesn't matter if the process takes a while or if it has to be done manually.
We are working in a Merge replication environment where we have SQL Server 2005, 11 publications and 2 subscribers.We used to get lot of incidents from the Application owner for blockings, recently we faced a situation where the lead blocker is in sleeping state and the session was used by the merge agent.Checked the query that the session was running, it was sys.sp_MSenumgenerations90;1.
We have 4 Servers which have SQL SERVER 2012 and "AlwaysOn" have been enabled on all 4 servers:
Server1,Server2,Server3,Server4
Server1 is the Primary node and thr rest are secondaries. There is a Sync relation between Server1 and Server2 and also there is aSync relation between Server1 and Server3 & Server4.
Is it possible to setup log shipping from Server2 & Server3(secondaries) to two new servers?
I am try to put together options in regard to creating a test environment for our Dynamics NAV system. The environment will be mainly used to test new releases / changes ahead of applying them to production.The 2 options I am considering are…
1.Create a second Test instance on our Production SQL Server to host a test database
2.Purchase a set of SQL developer licences and having a totally separate server for our test environment.
My preference would be option 2. However I need to build a convincing case that this is the best way forward. I wondered if I could tap into the thoughts of the SQL Central community and see how other approach this.
Setting up Transaction Replication in test environment. I am willing to bet that most of you take a production backup (if so, how, and using what?), restoring the database to your test environment, then running a snapshot to your subscriber and away you go.
But perhaps you take a backup of your publisher and subscriber, if so, how do you know there are no inconsistences because there were transactions sitting on the distributor?
What do you do if you have additional indexes on the subscriber for reporting, that are not on the publisher?
Here at work we are having issues with getting consistent databases set up with T Rep, missing rows, duplicate keys at subscriber etc. How to avoid these issues.
