LogViewPlus Support

Add support for Sql Server trace files

https://www.logviewplus.com/forum/Topic453.aspx

By Email User - 7 Mar 2020

I would like to see support for SQL Server trace files (*.trc) in LogViewPlus.  Is this something you plan to add in the future?
By LogViewPlus Support - 7 Mar 2020

We spent some time looking into this possibility.  The problem is that reading SQL Server trace files requires libraries (SMO) which need to be in sync with the SQL Server version responsible for writing the files.  Some of these libraries need to be installed on the machine and cannot easily be distributed by a 3rd party.  It is probably possible to reverse engineer the format - but this is not something we are considering at this time.

In this case, we suggest you roll your own Custom Reader which is specific to your SQL Server installation.  For more information, please see: https://www.logviewplus.com/docs/custom_readers.html

Thanks for the suggestion,

Toby
By Email User - 8 Mar 2020

As a work around, I can open the SQL trace in SQL profiler then File -> Save As -> Save to Database Table.

Once I have the data in a table, I can either export the results to a CSV file or access the table directly from LogViewPlus.