Microsoft just released an updated Read80Trace that works on SQL Server 2005. The name is simplified to just ReadTrace. ReadTrace is a command-line utility that analyzes a SQL Server trace file and summarizes performance. The new version has a more graphical interface. The original was one of the most helpful…
Bob Ward announced in his PASS pre-conference session that Microsoft will be releasing a SQL Server 2005 version of Read80Trace in roughly 30 days. It's currently going through a security review. They're planning to call it ReadTrace instead of Read90Trace though. I don't know…
I posted another version of ClearTrace just a minute ago. This should process 64-bit trace files on either x86 or x64 machines. If you have trouble please post in theClearTrace Support Forum [http://www.sqlteam.com/forums/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=27]. Please visit the ClearTrace download [http://www.cleardata.…
Back when I actually had time to work on ClearTrace [http://www.cleardata.biz/cleartrace/default.aspx] I had visions of selling the software. I don't think that's going to happen anytime soon. I don't have time and there's a bug in…
I created a small video [http://www.cleardata.biz/cleartrace/ClearTraceDemo.wmv] to demo ClearTrace [http://www.cleardata.biz/cleartrace/default.aspx]. It's only about two minutes long. This is also the technology we're planning to use at the PASS Conference to capture presentations.…
These titles seem to be getting repetitive. I updated ClearTrace [http://www.cleardata.biz/cleartrace/default.aspx] again. I'm also back to using a ClickOnce installer. Unfortunately if you switch from an unsigned to a signed ClickOnce installation the existing people can't upgrade. How annoying! That…
I've been updating ClearTrace [http://www.cleardata.biz/cleartrace/default.aspx] for a while now and there's a new version available. I stopped using ClickOnce and switched to an installer. If you're interested in analyzing trace files and summarizing the performance of your SQL…
Since I last posted here I've updated ClearTrace. You can download it here [http://www.cleardata.biz/cleartrace/download.aspx]. There's also a ClickOnce installation if you just want to use the GUI version. ClearTrace now supports moving the trace files to an archive directory after…
I released ClearTrace 2.0.9. You can find the information here [http://www.cleardata.biz/cleartrace/default.aspx]. I moved the download to my corporate site so I can keep a static page up for information. I'm pretty happy with this version. It seems to be very…
I've made some pretty significant changes to this tool. * It now writes to multiple tables instead of a single table. This greatly reduces the space required and the import time. It creates the objects it needs in the database specified. All the objects have a CT prefix in…