On 2017-02-22 08:42, hv...@users.sourceforge.net [firebird-support] wrote:
> ---In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, <chris@...> wrote : > >> I've started looking into Firebird tracing capabilities and there >> seems to >> be very little documentation on the topic besides the official manual >> and >> a few commercial applications that are well known. > > Does you read > https://www.firebirdsql.org/file/documentation/release_notes/html/en/2_5/rnfb25-trace.html > and > https://www.firebirdsql.org/file/documentation/release_notes/html/en/2_5/rnfb25-apiods-api.html#rnfb25-apiods-api-svctrace > ? > >> I am aware of the "fbtracemgr" utility but I would like to handle >> things >> myself. > > Good. Note, you need not "auditing" session but usual "user trace" > session. > Audit is a bit different, read the docs, please. > >> First of all: how do I start a tracing session? Is it a sql command >> that I >> call like a function or I select from like in a procedure? > > FIrst, you need to know how to work with Services API. > Second, read again > https://www.firebirdsql.org/file/documentation/release_notes/html/en/2_5/rnfb25-apiods-api.html#rnfb25-apiods-api-svctrace > > Also, you can read source code of fbtracemgr > https://github.com/FirebirdSQL/firebird/blob/B2_5_Release/src/utilities/fbtracemgr/traceMgrMain.cpp > >> Second: how do I feed Firebird the tracing session configuration file? >> Does it need to be a "physical" file on the same server as FB or can >> it be >> read from like STDIN? > If you read docs, you know that trace configuration is sent as a part > of SPB > > Hope it helps, > Vlad Hi Vlad, thank you for your response. In which DLL are the isc_action_svc_trace_* functions located? I am planning to call it from a Lazarus project
