Audit Login Failed Event Class
The Audit Login Failed event class indicates that a user tried to log in to Microsoft SQL Server and failed. Events in this class are fired by new connections or by connections that are reused from a connection pool.
Audit Login Failed Event Class Data Columns
Data column name |
Data type |
Description |
Column ID |
Filterable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
ApplicationName |
nvarchar |
Name of the client application that created the connection to an instance of SQL Server. This column is populated with the values passed by the application rather than the displayed name of the program. |
10 |
Yes |
ClientProcessID |
int |
ID assigned by the host computer to the process where the client application is running. This data column is populated if the client process ID is provided by the client. |
9 |
Yes |
DatabaseID |
int |
ID of the database specified by the USE database statement or the default database if no USE database statement has been issued for a given instance. SQL Server Profiler displays the name of the database if the ServerName data column is captured in the trace and the server is available. Determine the value for a database by using the DB_ID function. |
3 |
Yes |
DatabaseName |
nvarchar |
Name of the database in which the user statement is running. |
35 |
Yes |
Error |
int |
Error number of a given event. Often this is the error number stored in the sys.messages catalog view. |
31 |
Yes |
EventClass |
int |
Type of event = 20. |
27 |
No |
EventSequence |
int |
The sequence of a given event within the request. |
51 |
No |
HostName |
nvarchar |
Name of the computer on which the client is running. This data column is populated if the host name is provided by the client. To determine the host name, use the HOST_NAME function. |
8 |
Yes |
IsSystem |
int |
Indicates whether the event occurred on a system process or a user process. 1 = system, 0 = user. |
60 |
Yes |
LoginName |
nvarchar |
Name of the login of the user (either SQL Server security login or the Windows login credentials in the form of DOMAIN\username). |
11 |
Yes |
NTDomainName |
nvarchar |
Windows domain to which the user belongs. |
7 |
Yes |
NTUserName |
nvarchar |
Windows user name. |
6 |
Yes |
RequestID |
int |
The ID of the request containing the statement. |
49 |
Yes |
ServerName |
nvarchar |
Name of the instance of SQL Server being traced. |
26 |
No |
SessionLoginName |
nvarchar |
Login name of the user who originated the session. For example, if you connect to SQL Server using Login1 and execute a statement as Login2, SessionLoginName shows Login1 and LoginName shows Login2. This column displays both SQL Server and Windows logins. |
64 |
Yes |
SPID |
int |
ID of the session on which the event occurred. |
12 |
Yes |
StartTime |
datetime |
Time at which the event started, if available. |
14 |
Yes |
Success |
int |
1 = success. 0 = failure. This event will always show failure. |
23 |
Yes |
TextData |
ntext |
Text value dependent on the event class captured in the trace. |
1 |
Yes |
See Also
Reference
sp_trace_setevent (Transact-SQL)