Chapter 2. Change Tracking, Tracing, and Extended Events
Adam Machanic
As the Microsoft SQL Server engine processes user requests, a variety of actions can occur: data structures are interrogated; files are read from or written to; memory is allocated, deallocated, or accessed; data is read or modified; an error may be raised; and so on. Classified as a group, these actions can be referred to as the collection of run-time events that can occur within SQL Server.
From the point of view of a user—a DBA or database developer working with SQL Server—the fact that certain events are occurring may be interesting in the context of supporting debugging, auditing, and general server maintenance tasks. For example, it may be useful to track when a specific ...
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