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sp_trace_setevent (Transact-SQL)

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Applies to: SQL Server

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). An error is returned if this stored procedure is executed on a trace that doesn't exist or whose @status isn't 0.

Important

This feature will be removed in a future version of SQL Server. Avoid using this feature in new development work, and plan to modify applications that currently use this feature. Use Extended Events instead.

Transact-SQL syntax conventions

Syntax

sp_trace_setevent
    [ @traceid = ] traceid
    , [ @eventid = ] eventid
    , [ @columnid = ] columnid
    , [ @on = ] on
[ ; ]

Arguments

[ @traceid = ] traceid

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

[ @eventid = ] eventid

The ID of the event to turn on. @eventid 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 to 9 Reserved 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 Audit Login Occurs when a user successfully logs in to SQL Server.
15 Audit Logout Occurs when a user signs 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 Audit Server Starts and Stops 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 Audit Login Failed Indicates that a login attempt to SQL Server from a client failed.
21 EventLog Indicates that events have been logged in the Windows 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 Degree of Parallelism Event Occurs before a SELECT, INSERT, or UPDATE statement is executed.
29 to 31 Reserved Use Event 28 instead.
32 Reserved Reserved
33 Exception Indicates that an exception has occurred in SQL Server.
34 SP:CacheMiss Indicates when a stored procedure isn't 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 Deprecated Deprecated
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 SP:StmtStarting Indicates that a Transact-SQL statement within a stored procedure has started executing.
45 SP:StmtCompleted Indicates that a Transact-SQL statement within a stored procedure has finished executing.
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 TransactionLog 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 isn't 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 to 57 Reserved
58 Auto 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 page lock escalated or converted to a TABLE or HoBT lock).
61 OLE DB Errors Indicates that an OLE DB error has occurred.
62 to 66 Reserved
67 Execution Warnings Indicates any warnings that occurred during the execution of a SQL Server statement or stored procedure.
68 Showplan Text (Unencoded) Displays the plan tree of the Transact-SQL statement executed.
69 Sort Warnings Indicates sort operations that don't fit into memory. Doesn't 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 aren't available.
80 Missing Join Predicate Query that's no join predicate is being executed. This could result in a long-running query.
81 Server Memory Change 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 to 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 log 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 Showplan Text Displays the query plan tree of the SQL statement from the query optimizer. The TextData column doesn't contain the Showplan for this event.
97 Showplan All Displays the query plan with full compile-time details of the SQL statement executed. The TextData column doesn't contain the Showplan for this event.
98 Showplan Statistics Profile Displays the query plan with full run-time details of the SQL statement executed. The TextData column doesn't contain the Showplan for this event.
99 Reserved
100 RPC Output Parameter Produces output values of the parameters for every RPC.
101 Reserved
102 Audit Database Scope GDR Occurs every time a GRANT, DENY, REVOKE for a statement permission is issued by any user in SQL Server for database-only actions such as granting permissions on a database.
103 Audit Object GDR Event Occurs every time a GRANT, DENY, REVOKE for an object permission is issued by any user in SQL Server.
104 Audit AddLogin Event Occurs when a SQL Server login is added or removed; for sp_addlogin and sp_droplogin.
105 Audit Login GDR Event Occurs when a Windows login right is added or removed; for sp_grantlogin, sp_revokelogin, and sp_denylogin.
106 Audit Login Change Property Event Occurs when a property of a login, except passwords, is modified; for sp_defaultdb and sp_defaultlanguage.
107 Audit Login Change Password Event Occurs when a SQL Server login password is changed.

Passwords aren't recorded.
108 Audit Add Login to Server Role Event Occurs when a login is added or removed from a fixed server role; for sp_addsrvrolemember, and sp_dropsrvrolemember.
109 Audit Add DB User Event 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 Role Event 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 Role Event Occurs when a login is added or removed as a database user to a database; for sp_addrole and sp_droprole.
112 Audit App Role Change Password Event Occurs when a password of an application role is changed.
113 Audit Statement Permission Event Occurs when a statement permission (such as CREATE TABLE) is used.
114 Audit Schema Object Access Event Occurs when an object permission (such as SELECT) is used, both successfully or unsuccessfully.
115 Audit Backup/Restore Event Occurs when a BACKUP or RESTORE command is issued.
116 Audit DBCC Event Occurs when DBCC commands are issued.
117 Audit Change Audit Event Occurs when audit trace modifications are made.
118 Audit Object Derived Permission Event Occurs when a CREATE, ALTER, and DROP object commands are issued.
119 OLEDB Call Event Occurs when OLE DB provider calls are made for distributed queries and remote stored procedures.
120 OLEDB QueryInterface Event Occurs when OLE DB QueryInterface calls are made for distributed queries and remote stored procedures.
121 OLEDB DataRead Event Occurs when a data request call is made to the OLE DB provider.
122 Showplan XML Occurs when an SQL statement executes. Include this event to identify Showplan operators. Each event is stored in a well-formed XML document. The Binary column for this event contains the encoded Showplan. Use SQL Server Profiler to open the trace and view the Showplan.
123 SQL:FullTextQuery Occurs when a full text query executes.
124 Broker:Conversation Reports the progress of a Service Broker conversation.
125 Deprecation Announcement Occurs when you use a feature that will be removed from a future version of SQL Server.
126 Deprecation Final Support Occurs when you use a feature that will be removed from the next major release of SQL Server.
127 Exchange Spill Event Occurs when communication buffers in a parallel query plan have been temporarily written to the tempdb database.
128 Audit Database Management Event Occurs when a database is created, altered, or dropped.
129 Audit Database Object Management Event Occurs when a CREATE, ALTER, or DROP statement executes on database objects, such as schemas.
130 Audit Database Principal Management Event Occurs when principals, such as users, are created, altered, or dropped from a database.
131 Audit Schema Object Management Event Occurs when server objects are created, altered, or dropped.
132 Audit Server Principal Impersonation Event Occurs when there's an impersonation within server scope, such as EXECUTE AS LOGIN.
133 Audit Database Principal Impersonation Event Occurs when an impersonation occurs within the database scope, such as EXECUTE AS USER or SETUSER.
134 Audit Server Object Take Ownership Event Occurs when the owner is changed for objects in server scope.
135 Audit Database Object Take Ownership Event Occurs when a change of owner for objects within database scope occurs.
136 Broker:Conversation Group Occurs when Service Broker creates a new conversation group or drops an existing conversation group.
137 Blocked Process Report Occurs when a process has been blocked for more than a specified amount of time. Doesn't include system processes or processes that are waiting on non deadlock-detectable resources. Use sp_configure to configure the threshold and frequency at which reports are generated.
138 Broker:Connection Reports the status of a transport connection managed by Service Broker.
139 Broker:Forwarded Message Sent Occurs when Service Broker forward a message.
140 Broker:Forwarded Message Dropped Occurs when Service Broker drops a message that was intended to be forwarded.
141 Broker:Message Classify Occurs when Service Broker determines the routing for a message.
142 Broker:Transmission Indicates that errors have occurred in the Service Broker transport layer. The error number and state values indicate the source of the error.
143 Broker:Queue Disabled Indicates a poison message was detected because there were five consecutive transaction rollbacks on a Service Broker queue. The event contains the database ID and queue ID of the queue that contains the poison message.
144 to 145 Reserved
146 Showplan XML Statistics Profile Occurs when an SQL statement executes. Identifies the Showplan operators and displays complete, compile-time data. The Binary column for this event contains the encoded Showplan. Use SQL Server Profiler to open the trace and view the Showplan.
148 Deadlock Graph Occurs when an attempt to acquire a lock is canceled because the attempt was part of a deadlock and was chosen as the deadlock victim. Provides an XML description of a deadlock.
149 Broker:Remote Message Acknowledgement Occurs when Service Broker sends or receives a message acknowledgment.
150 Trace File Close Occurs when a trace file closes during a trace file rollover.
151 Reserved
152 Audit Change Database Owner Occurs when ALTER AUTHORIZATION is used to change the owner of a database and permissions are checked to do that.
153 Audit Schema Object Take Ownership Event Occurs when ALTER AUTHORIZATION is used to assign an owner to an object and permissions are checked to do that.
154 Reserved
155 FT:Crawl Started Occurs when a full-text crawl (population) starts. Use to check if a crawl request is picked up by worker tasks.
156 FT:Crawl Stopped Occurs when a full-text crawl (population) stops. Stops occur when a crawl completes successfully or when a fatal error occurs.
157 FT:Crawl Aborted Occurs when an exception is encountered during a full-text crawl. Usually causes the full-text crawl to stop.
158 Audit Broker Conversation Reports audit messages related to Service Broker dialog security.
159 Audit Broker Login Reports audit messages related to Service Broker transport security.
160 Broker:Message Undeliverable Occurs when Service Broker is unable to retain a received message that should have been delivered to a service.
161 Broker:Corrupted Message Occurs when Service Broker receives a corrupted message.
162 User Error Message Displays error messages that users see in the case of an error or exception.
163 Broker:Activation Occurs when a queue monitor starts an activation stored procedure, sends a QUEUE_ACTIVATION notification, or when an activation stored procedure started by a queue monitor exits.
164 Object:Altered Occurs when a database object is altered.
165 Performance statistics Occurs when a compiled query plan has been cached for the first time, recompiled, or removed from the plan cache.
166 SQL:StmtRecompile Occurs when a statement-level recompilation occurs.
167 Database Mirroring State Change Occurs when the state of a mirrored database changes.
168 Showplan XML For Query Compile Occurs when an SQL statement compiles. Displays the complete, compile-time data. The Binary column for this event contains the encoded Showplan. Use SQL Server Profiler to open the trace and view the Showplan.
169 Showplan All For Query Compile Occurs when an SQL statement compiles. Displays complete, compile-time data. Use to identify Showplan operators.
170 Audit Server Scope GDR Event Indicates that a grant, deny, or revoke event for permissions in server scope occurred, such as creating a login.
171 Audit Server Object GDR Event Indicates that a grant, deny, or revoke event for a schema object, such as a table or function, occurred.
172 Audit Database Object GDR Event Indicates that a grant, deny, or revoke event for database objects, such as assemblies and schemas, occurred.
173 Audit Server Operation Event Occurs when Security Audit operations such as altering settings, resources, external access, or authorization are used.
175 Audit Server Alter Trace Event Occurs when a statement checks for the ALTER TRACE permission.
176 Audit Server Object Management Event Occurs when server objects are created, altered, or dropped.
177 Audit Server Principal Management Event Occurs when server principals are created, altered, or dropped.
178 Audit Database Operation Event Occurs when database operations occur, such as checkpoint or subscribe query notification.
180 Audit Database Object Access Event Occurs when database objects, such as schemas, are accessed.
181 TM: Begin Tran starting Occurs when a BEGIN TRANSACTION request starts.
182 TM: Begin Tran completed Occurs when a BEGIN TRANSACTION request completes.
183 TM: Promote Tran starting Occurs when a PROMOTE TRANSACTION request starts.
184 TM: Promote Tran completed Occurs when a PROMOTE TRANSACTION request completes.
185 TM: Commit Tran starting Occurs when a COMMIT TRANSACTION request starts.
186 TM: Commit Tran completed Occurs when a COMMIT TRANSACTION request completes.
187 TM: Rollback Tran starting Occurs when a ROLLBACK TRANSACTION request starts.
188 TM: Rollback Tran completed Occurs when a ROLLBACK TRANSACTION request completes.
189 Lock:Timeout (timeout > 0) Occurs when a request for a lock on a resource, such as a page, times out.
190 Progress Report: Online Index Operation Reports the progress of an online index build operation while the build process is running.
191 TM: Save Tran starting Occurs when a SAVE TRANSACTION request starts.
192 TM: Save Tran completed Occurs when a SAVE TRANSACTION request completes.
193 Background Job Error Occurs when a background job terminates abnormally.
194 OLEDB Provider Information Occurs when a distributed query runs and collects information corresponding to the provider connection.
195 Mount Tape Occurs when a tape mount request is received.
196 Assembly Load Occurs when a request to load a CLR assembly occurs.
197 Reserved
198 XQuery Static Type Occurs when an XQuery expression is executed. This event class provides the static type of the XQuery expression.
199 QN: subscription Occurs when a query registration can't be subscribed. The TextData column contains information about the event.
200 QN: parameter table Information about active subscriptions is stored in internal parameter tables. This event class occurs when a parameter table is created or deleted. Typically, these tables are created or deleted when the database is restarted. The TextData column contains information about the event.
201 QN: template A query template represents a class of subscription queries. Typically, queries in the same class are identical except for their parameter values. This event class occurs when a new subscription request falls into an already existing class of (Match), a new class (Create), or a Drop class, which indicates cleanup of templates for query classes without active subscriptions. The TextData column contains information about the event.
202 QN: dynamics Tracks internal activities of query notifications. The TextData column contains information about the event.
212 Bitmap Warning Indicates when bitmap filters have been disabled in a query.
213 Database Suspect Data Page Indicates when a page is added to the suspect_pages table in msdb.
214 CPU threshold exceeded Indicates when the Resource Governor detects a query has exceeded the CPU threshold value (REQUEST_MAX_CPU_TIME_SEC).
215 PreConnect:Starting Indicates when a LOGON trigger or Resource Governor classifier function starts execution.
216 PreConnect:Completed Indicates when a LOGON trigger or Resource Governor classifier function completes execution.
217 Plan Guide Successful Indicates that the Database Engine successfully produced an execution plan for a query or batch that contained a plan guide.
218 Plan Guide Unsuccessful Indicates that the Database Engine couldn't produce an execution plan for a query or batch that contained a plan guide. The Database Engine attempted to generate an execution plan for this query or batch without applying the plan guide. An invalid plan guide may be the cause of this problem. You can validate the plan guide by using the sys.fn_validate_plan_guide system function.
235 Audit Fulltext

[ @columnid = ] columnid

The ID of the column to be added for the event. @columnid is int, with no default.

The following 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 LineNumber Contains the number of the line that contains the error. For events that involve Transact-SQL statements, like SP:StmtStarting, the LineNumber contains the line number of the statement in the stored procedure or batch.
6 NTUserName Microsoft Windows user name.
7 NTDomainName Windows domain to which the user belongs.
8 HostName 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 LoginName 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 microseconds) taken by the event. This data column isn't 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 isn't populated for starting event classes, such as SQL:BatchStarting or SP:Starting. It's 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 isn't 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 isn't 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 (Transact-SQL).
30 State Server state, in case of an error.
31 Error Error number.
32 Mode Lock mode of the lock acquired. This column isn't 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 OwnerName Owner name of the referenced object.
38 RoleName Name of the database or server-wide role targeted by a statement.
39 TargetUserName User name of the target of some action.
40 DBUserName SQL Server database user name of the client.
41 LoginSid Security identifier (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 ColumnPermissions Column-level permissions status; used by Security Auditing.
45 LinkedServerName Name of the linked server.
46 ProviderName Name of the OLE DB provider.
47 MethodName Name of the OLE DB method.
48 RowCounts Number of rows in the batch.
49 RequestID ID of the request containing the statement.
50 XactSequence A token to describe the current transaction.
51 EventSequence Sequence number for this event.
52 BigintData1 bigint value, which is dependent on the event class captured in the trace.
53 BigintData2 bigint value, which is dependent on the event class captured in the trace.
54 GUID GUID value, which is dependent on the event class captured in the trace.
55 IntegerData2 Integer value, which is dependent on the event class captured in the trace.
56 ObjectID2 ID of the related object or entity, if available.
57 Type Integer value, which is dependent on the event class captured in the trace.
58 OwnerID Type of the object that owns the lock. For lock events only.
59 ParentName Name of the schema the object is within.
60 IsSystem Indicates whether the event occurred on a system process or a user process.

1 = system
0 = user.
61 Offset Starting offset of the statement within the stored procedure or batch.
62 SourceDatabaseID ID of the database in which the source of the object exists.
63 SqlHandle 64-bit hash based on the text of an ad hoc query or the database and object ID of an SQL object. This value can be passed to sys.dm_exec_sql_text() to retrieve the associated SQL text.
64 SessionLoginName The login name of the user who originated the session. For example, if you connect to SQL Server using Login1 and execute a statement as Login2, SessionLoginName displays Login1, while LoginName displays Login2. This data column displays both SQL Server and Windows logins.

[ @on = ] on

Specifies whether enable (1) or disable (0) the event. @on is bit, with no default.

If @on is set to 1, and @columnid is NULL, then the event is set to ON and all columns are cleared. If @columnid isn't null, then the column is set to ON for that event.

If @on is set to 0, and @columnid is NULL, then the event is turned OFF and all columns are cleared. If @columnid isn't 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

The following 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 results in an error.
3 The specified event isn't valid. The event may not exist or it isn't an appropriate one for the store procedure.
4 The specified column isn't valid.
9 The specified trace handle isn't valid.
11 The specified column is used internally and can't be removed.
13 Out of memory. Returned when there isn't enough memory to perform the specified action.
16 The function isn't valid for this trace.

Remarks

sp_trace_setevent performs many of the actions previously executed by extended stored procedures available in earlier versions of SQL Server. Use sp_trace_setevent instead of:

  • xp_trace_addnewqueue
  • xp_trace_eventclassrequired
  • xp_trace_seteventclassrequired

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_*) are strictly typed. If these parameters aren't called with the correct input parameter data types, as specified in the argument description, the stored procedure returns an error.

For an example of using trace stored procedures, see Create a Trace (Transact-SQL).

Permissions

Requires ALTER TRACE permission.

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