select loginname, loginsid, spid, hostname, applicationname, servername, databasename, objectname, e.category_id, cat.name, textdata, starttime, endtime, duration, eventclass, eventsubclass, e.name as EventName from ::fn_trace_gettable('C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\LOG\log.trc',0) inner join sys.trace_events e on eventclass =trace_event_id Inner the Join sys.trace_categories AS CAT ON e.category_id = cat.category_id the WHERE DatabaseName = ' TraceDB ' and e.category_id = 2 and - categroy 2 represents Database e.trace_event_id = 93 - 93 indicates that the log file to grow automatically events