MDAC 2.5 SDK - ODBC Data Source Administrator


 

Setting Tracing Options

The Tracing tab of the ODBC Data Source Administrator dialog box enables you to configure the way ODBC function calls are traced.

How Tracing Works

When you activate tracing from the Tracing tab, the Driver Manager will log all ODBC function calls for all subsequently run applications. ODBC function calls from applications running before tracing is activated are not logged. ODBC function calls are recorded in a log file you specify.

Tracing ceases only after you click Stop Tracing Now. Remember that while tracing is on, the log file continues to increase in size and that this affects the performance of all your ODBC applications.

For more information about tracing, see Tracing in Chapter 17 of the ODBC Programmer's Reference, "Programming Considerations."

Visual Studio Analyzer Tracing

Visual StudioŽ Analyzer Tracing provides performance and debugging information about the ODBC layer. All outbound events will be fired at the top-level interface to present as accurate a picture as possible regarding time spent in ODBC components. Visual Studio Analyzer Tracing requires any event source to register when the source is set up. For more information about this type of tracing, see the Visual Studio documentation.