Debugging Stored Procedures

One for the geeks out there ...

What's the best way to debug stored procedures in SQL Server 2005? I heard that it can be done in Visual Studio 2005, but I haven't quite been able to get it to work. I'm not sure if that's because I've got it set up the wrong way, but I couldn't insert any breakpoints or access any sort of Step Into function, which made it difficult.

What do other people use?

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  • Hi Matthew,

    You can debug sp in SQL 2000 and SQL 2008, but  not in SQL 2005.


    ----code need to be checked:
    declare @myCustomer_no int
    set @myCustomer_no=12345
    select * from t_customer where customer_no=@myCustomer_no

    return ---if you want to stop the sp in the middle of sp.


    ---debug code
    print'@myCustomer_no is '
    print  @myCustomer_no
    select * into a# t_customer from t_customer where customer_no=@myCustomer_no


    ---check out
    ---check the Messages &
    select * from a# t_customer

    I attached impresario in SQL 2008 STD. but I never feel I have to use it debug sp. So I just leave it there.

    have fun

    Ben 

  • Thanks guys. I'll keep the print command as a good cheat.

    In the end, it turned out that the problem I was having was that the procedure in question hadn't been run since late 2009, but for a variety of reasons, I thought it had something wrong with it. However, it turns out that there was nothing wrong with it whatsoever and I can now move on to something else...

    Nice photo change, by the way, Naomi.

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  • Thanks guys. I'll keep the print command as a good cheat.

    In the end, it turned out that the problem I was having was that the procedure in question hadn't been run since late 2009, but for a variety of reasons, I thought it had something wrong with it. However, it turns out that there was nothing wrong with it whatsoever and I can now move on to something else...

    Nice photo change, by the way, Naomi.

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  • SSMS for SQL Server 2008 has a very nice toolset for debugging that operates very similar to VS debugging in other languages, as long as the database being used is also SQL 2008.

    -Ryan

     

    From: Tessitura Technical Forum [mailto:forums-technical@tessituranetwork.com] On Behalf Of Matthew Hodge
    Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 10:42 PM
    To: Ryan Creps
    Subject: Re: [Tessitura Technical Forum] Debugging Stored Procedures

     

    Thanks guys. I'll keep the print command as a good cheat.

    In the end, it turned out that the problem I was having was that the procedure in question hadn't been run since late 2009, but for a variety of reasons, I thought it had something wrong with it. However, it turns out that there was nothing wrong with it whatsoever and I can now move on to something else...

    Nice photo change, by the way, Naomi.

    From: Ben Gu <bounce-bengu4278@tessituranetwork.com>
    Sent: 3/4/2010 9:22:53 PM

    Hi Matthew,

    You can debug sp in SQL 2000 and SQL 2008, but  not in SQL 2005.


    ----code need to be checked:
    declare @myCustomer_no int
    set @myCustomer_no=12345
    select * from t_customer where customer_no=@myCustomer_no

    return ---if you want to stop the sp in the middle of sp.


    ---debug code
    print'@myCustomer_no is '
    print  @myCustomer_no
    select * into a# t_customer from t_customer where customer_no=@myCustomer_no


    ---check out
    ---check the Messages &
    select * from a# t_customer

    I attached impresario in SQL 2008 STD. but I never feel I have to use it debug sp. So I just leave it there.

    have fun

    Ben 




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