"John Sheppard" <nospam@spamspam.com> wrote in message
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> "Erland Sommarskog" <esquel@sommarskog.se> wrote in message
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>> John Sheppard (nospam@spamspam.com) writes:
>>> ic! Thats what I want!
>>>
>>> Now you're gonna tell me that it doesnt come with SQL Server Express,
>>> right?
>>> Im pretty sure it doesnt as theyre not there....
>>
>> Correct. Profiler does not come with SQL 2005 Express. But I think the
>> server-side trace routines does. But admittedly they are a lot more
>> difficult to use on their own.
>>
>> Now, the price tag for a license of Developer Edition is around 50 USD,
>> and since you are doing this for development, that would be sufficient
>> for
>> you.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@sommarskog.se
>>
>> Books Online for SQL Server 2005 at
>> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...ads/books.mspx
>> Books Online for SQL Server 2000 at
>> http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodinf...ons/books.mspx
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> Ic...hmm I think I have a developer edition already...we have an action
> pack subscription....its a full job in itself just wading through all that
> liscencing stuff....we have a full enterprise copy of sql server that came
> with it....Im pretty sure we're not liscenced to use that tho
>
> Im sure Im not the only one that gets frustrated with the ridiculous
> complexity of liscencing tho...I seem to do everything BUT write code...
>
> Installing sql express already broke my visual studio once...not keen to
> repeat that...k im really frustrated right now...
>
> Thanks man, Ill look into the developer edition when im little more calm,
> see where that takes me
> John
>
>

Ok Finally I got it all up and working. I think profiler should do the job,
just have to find the correct events to trace

Thank you
John