Is there a SQL Server Profiler for SQL Server Express? [closed]

Question

Is there a SQL Server Profiler for SQL Server Expess? Maybe an open-source one? Or maybe just a tool that helps me see what query is passed to the database?

Squarrose

Now is thread closed, but one another link to working piece of software is here: expressprofiler.codeplex.com – Patron

You can use MS SQL Profiler against SQL Express, so download an evaluation version of SQL Server full edition or buy the $50 SQL Server Developer Edition. Otherwise you can use the sp_trace_* procedures directly msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms187346.aspx – Fatling

See also dba.stackexchange.com/questions/28213/… – Fatling

Answer 1

SP1 of SQL Server Express 2012 Advanced Services now includes the full SQL Management Studio, and this has the profiler.

Stairway

It can be downloaded here Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012 Service Pack 1 (SP1) Express microsoft.com/en-my/download/confirmation.aspx?id=35579 – Michell

Answer 2

Ok, old question but maybe this helps other people with same problem.

You can activate the SQL Server Express Error Log in a way that it monitors all statements runned agaist every database. To do so you must run the following on an elevated command prompt (that is, a command prompt runned as administrator):

net stop MSSQL$SQLEXPRESS
net start MSSQL$SQLEXPRESS /T4032

Now, using the SQL Server Management Studio run the following:

dbcc traceon(3605, -1)

Now you can look at the ERRORLOG file within the Log folder of MS SQL folder (which may be "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.SQLEXPRESS\MSSQL\Log" for the default installation of SQL Server Express 2012).

Hope this helps someone (as it sure helped me)

Pup

This works very good.. thanks man – Sabaean

Answer 3

IIRC, the profiler is one of the features not available for SQL Server Express.

However, I'm also under the impression that SQL Server Express still supports many of the features of the for-pay editions, and it's just that they are disabled in the Express Edition of Management Studio. So if you also have access to a full db and the management studio that comes with you might be able to point that profiler at your express installation.

In this case I suspect that won't work, since the profiler also depends on an extra provided by the database. Still, it's worth a shot.

If it doesn't work there are some third party tools available that should be able to do what you want.

Circus

Yes - this works; you can even use the eval edition for a period of time. blog.tonysneed.com/2010/08/05/… – Fungosity

Answer 4

SQL Express Profiler will likely meet your needs. When this question was asked it was free, but it looks like it has recently changed to a paid license model.

Sprag

This people are selling it for $5 – Eulaeulachon

Answer 5

Anjlab SQL Server Profiler is no longer free and it only worked on 2005 instances. I've wrote a basic SQL Server 2012 Profiler which works perfectly on 2012 Enterprise and 2005 Developer engine instances. You can download here

please give me your feedback.

Bonucci