sys-fn-trace-geteventinfo-transact-sql.md

title	sys.fn_trace_geteventinfo (Transact-SQL)
description	sys.fn_trace_geteventinfo (Transact-SQL)
author	rwestMSFT
ms.author	randolphwest
ms.date	03/14/2017
ms.service	sql
ms.subservice	system-objects
ms.topic	reference
f1_keywords	fn_trace_geteventinfo fn_trace_geteventinfo_TSQL
helpviewer_keywords	events [SQL Server], status information fn_trace_geteventinfo function sys.fn_trace_geteventinfo function status information [SQL Server], events
dev_langs	TSQL

sys.fn_trace_geteventinfo (Transact-SQL)

[!INCLUDE SQL Server]

Returns information about an event being traced.

Important

[!INCLUDEssNoteDepFutureAvoid] Use Extended Events instead.

:::image type="icon" source="../../includes/media/topic-link-icon.svg" border="false"::: 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)