sys.fn_trace_geteventinfo (Transact-SQL)

Applies to: SQL Server

Returns information about an event being traced.

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

  
fn_trace_geteventinfo ( trace_id )  

Arguments

trace_id
Is the ID of the trace. trace_id is int, with no default.

Tables Returned

Column name	Data type	Description
eventid	int	ID of the traced event
columnid	int	ID numbers of all columns collected for each event

Remarks

When passed the ID of a specific trace, fn_trace_geteventinfo returns information about that trace. When passed an invalid ID, this function returns an empty rowset.

Permissions

Requires ALTER TRACE permission on the server.

Examples

The following example returns information about trace number 2.

SELECT * FROM fn_trace_geteventinfo(2) ;  
GO  
  

See Also

sp_trace_setevent (Transact-SQL)
sp_trace_setfilter (Transact-SQL)
Create a Trace (Transact-SQL)
sp_trace_create (Transact-SQL)
sp_trace_generateevent (Transact-SQL)
sp_trace_setstatus (Transact-SQL)
sys.fn_trace_getinfo (Transact-SQL)
sys.fn_trace_gettable (Transact-SQL)
sys.fn_trace_getfilterinfo (Transact-SQL)