problems w/ fn_trace_gettable

I receive the following error when running
fn_trace_gettable using a perfectly fine trace file as
the @.filename argument:
File '' either does not exist or is not a recognizable
trace file. Or there was an error opening the file.
[SQLSTATE 42000] (Error 567). The step failed.
I've used the advice in KB #'s 273972 and 270599, and I
still haven't been able to run the fn_trace_gettable
function without receiving the error. The trace files
are in the location specified in the argument, when I
open them with profiler everything seems fine.
Anybody run into this? Any help provided would be
great. Thanks.
Can you show us the exact command you are using? Where are the trace files?
On the SQL Server or on a network location?
Vyas, MVP (SQL Server)
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"bzqpv4" <anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I receive the following error when running
> fn_trace_gettable using a perfectly fine trace file as
> the @.filename argument:
> File '' either does not exist or is not a recognizable
> trace file. Or there was an error opening the file.
> [SQLSTATE 42000] (Error 567). The step failed.
> I've used the advice in KB #'s 273972 and 270599, and I
> still haven't been able to run the fn_trace_gettable
> function without receiving the error. The trace files
> are in the location specified in the argument, when I
> open them with profiler everything seems fine.
> Anybody run into this? Any help provided would be
> great. Thanks.
|||The line giving the error is:
SELECT * INTO SQL22_STAGE_TABLE FROM ::fn_trace_gettable
('E:\SQLTrace\FDYSQL22\TRACE.TRC',default)
The trace files are located on the server running the SQL
command. I am able to open the trace files w/ Profiler
and they seem fine.

>--Original Message--
>Can you show us the exact command you are using? Where
are the trace files?
>On the SQL Server or on a network location?
>--
>Vyas, MVP (SQL Server)
>SQL Server Articles and Code Samples @.
http://vyaskn.tripod.com/
>
>"bzqpv4" <anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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>news:27ba01c4a27c$68d88040$a401280a@.phx.gbl...
>
>.
>
|||Is E: a mapped drive by any chance? If so try using a UNC instead.
Andrew J. Kelly SQL MVP
"bzqpv4" <anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> The line giving the error is:
> SELECT * INTO SQL22_STAGE_TABLE FROM ::fn_trace_gettable
> ('E:\SQLTrace\FDYSQL22\TRACE.TRC',default)
> The trace files are located on the server running the SQL
> command. I am able to open the trace files w/ Profiler
> and they seem fine.
> are the trace files?
> http://vyaskn.tripod.com/
> message
|||Unfortunately that isn't it. E:\ is local to the server.

>--Original Message--
>Is E: a mapped drive by any chance? If so try using a
UNC instead.
>--
>Andrew J. Kelly SQL MVP
>
>"bzqpv4" <anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message[vbcol=seagreen]
>news:1c1701c4a27f$6c49aad0$a301280a@.phx.gbl...
FROM ::fn_trace_gettable[vbcol=seagreen]
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in[vbcol=seagreen]
as[vbcol=seagreen]
recognizable[vbcol=seagreen]
and I[vbcol=seagreen]
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I
>
>.
>
|||Can you please in Query Analyzer or OSQL execute the following query and
post the result:
exec master.dbo.xp_fileexist 'E:\SQLTrace\FDYSQL22\TRACE.TRC'
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"bzqpv4" <anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Unfortunately that isn't it. E:\ is local to the server.
>
> UNC instead.
> message
> FROM ::fn_trace_gettable
> SQL
> in
> as
> recognizable
> and I
> files
> I