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title Set a Maximum Table Size for a Trace Table
titleSuffix SQL Server Profiler
description Find out how to limit the size of a trace table. Use SQL Server Profiler to specify the maximum number of rows the table can have.
author rwestMSFT
ms.author randolphwest
ms.date 06/05/2025
ms.service sql
ms.subservice profiler
ms.topic how-to
ms.collection
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Set a maximum table size for a trace table (SQL Server Profiler)

[!INCLUDE SQL Server Azure SQL Managed Instance]

This article describes how to set a maximum table size for trace tables by using [!INCLUDE ssSqlProfiler].

Set a maximum table size for a trace table

  1. On the File menu, select New Trace, and then connect to an instance of SQL Server.

    The Trace Properties dialog box appears.

    If Start tracing immediately after making connection is selected, the Trace Properties dialog box fails to appear and the trace begins instead. To turn off this setting, on the Tools menu, select Options, and clear the Start tracing immediately after making connection check box.

  2. In the Trace name box, type a name for the trace.

  3. In the Template name list, select a trace template.

  4. Select the Save to table check box.

  5. Connect to the server on which you want the trace to be stored.

    The Destination Table dialog box appears.

  6. Select a database for the trace from the Database list.

  7. In the Table box, type or select a table name.

  8. Select the Set maximum rows check box, and specify a maximum number of rows for the trace table.

    When the number of rows in the table exceeds the maximum that you have specified, the trace events are no longer recorded. However, tracing continues.

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