What is the use of ST05 ? and how to use " ST05 "

Question

can anybody tell me what is the use of  " ST05 "
and how can we handle it.

Answer 1

SQL Trace
SQL trace(ST05) provides the developer with the ability to analyse database select statements. Simply execute ST05
to turn on SQL trace, then execute the statement/program you want to analyse. Now turn off SQL trace using ST05
and click on list trace to view the details.
You can also perform traces on other items such as authorisation objects.
Authorisation trace analysis 1. Open two sessions
2. Execute transaction ST01 in one of the sessions
3. Select the authorisation checkbox, note the other traces
you can perform (SQL, RFC, Table Buffer etc)
4. Click the 'Trace On' button
5. Within your other session execte the transaction/report
you want to trace or get the user in question to do it
6. Return to the session where you turned the trace on and
click on 'Trace Off' otherwise it will continue to record
all athorisation checks
7. Click on the 'Analysis' button
8. Enter appropriate data into selection screen such as
Username, type of trace records (i.e. Authorization check)
9. Click on the Execute button.
10. Report displaying trace results will now be displayed
http://www.sapdevelopment.co.uk/perform/perform_sqltrace.htm
Some useful transaction related to this are ..
ST01 SAP system trace
ST02 Buffer statistics.
ST03 Workload analysis.
ST04 Database performance analysis.
ST05 SQL trace .
ST06 Operating system monitor ...
From the recorded SQL trace you can deduce:
· Which SQL statements your application carries out
· Which values the system uses for specific database accesses and changes
· How the system translates ABAP OPEN SQL commands (such as
SELECT) into standard SQL commands
· Where your application positions COMMIT statements
· Where your application makes repeated database accesses
· What database accesses or changes occur in the update section of your
application
Look at the below links, you will get the idea
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/d1/801f89454211d189710000e8322d00/content.htm
http://www.sapbrain.com/TOOLS/SQLTRACE/SQL_TRACE.html
Check the following links:
http://www.sapbrainsonline.com/TOOLS/RUNTIMEanalysis/SAP_runtime_analysis.html
http://www.sapbrainsonline.com/TOOLS/SQLTRACE/SQL_TRACE.html
Use
The Performance Trace allows you to record database access, locking activities, and remote calls of reports and transactions in a trace file and to display the performance log as a list. It also provides extensive support for analyzing individual trace records.
SQL Trace: This allows you to monitor the database access of reports and transactions.
Enqueue Trace: This allows you to monitor the locking system.
RFC Trace: This provides information about Remote Function Calls between instances.
While the trace is switched on, the SQL Trace function records all database activity by a particular user or group of users. The R/3 System takes OPEN SQL statements and converts them in to embedded SQL statements that it passes to the database. It is the embedded SQL statements, their parameters, return codes, and the number of entries retrieved, inserted, or deleted that are recorded in the SQL Trace file. The log file also contains the runtime of the statement and the place in the application program from which it was called.
The SQL trace tells you:
The SQL statements executed by your program.
The values that the system uses for particular database access and changes.
How the system converts ABAP Open SQL statements (such as SELECT) into Standard SQL statements.
Where your application executes COMMITs.
Where your application repeats the same database access.
The database accesses and changes that occur in the update part of your application.
Refer
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005vp/helpdata/en/43/cb632772cd0cd4e10000000a1553f7/frameset.htm
Regards
Vasu