sql server profiler 2014 "failed to open a table" - sql-server

Question

I'm trying to replay SQL Server 2014 Profiler trace that I saved to a DB table. When I open I get "Failed to open a table" error message. There is nothing in the windows logs.
I googled and this error used to happen when upgrading a SQL Server 2000 system to a 64 bit system. That doesn't apply here. I'm running on Windows Server 2012 with a fresh install of SQL Server 2014.
The trace was a TSQL_replay template. I saved it to a table using the following code. The code produced a table with the definition shown.
SELECT *
INTO myTrace
FROM ::fn_trace_gettable(N'c:\Logs\sql_trace_events.trc', default)
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[myTrace]
(
[TextData] [ntext] NULL,
[BinaryData] [image] NULL,
[DatabaseID] [int] NULL,
[TransactionID] [bigint] NULL,
[LineNumber] [int] NULL,
[NTUserName] [nvarchar](256) NULL,
[NTDomainName] [nvarchar](256) NULL,
[HostName] [nvarchar](256) NULL,
[ClientProcessID] [int] NULL,
[ApplicationName] [nvarchar](256) NULL,
[LoginName] [nvarchar](256) NULL,
[SPID] [int] NULL,
[Duration] [bigint] NULL,
[StartTime] [datetime] NULL,
[EndTime] [datetime] NULL,
[Reads] [bigint] NULL,
[Writes] [bigint] NULL,
[CPU] [int] NULL,
[Permissions] [bigint] NULL,
[Severity] [int] NULL,
[EventSubClass] [int] NULL,
[ObjectID] [int] NULL,
[Success] [int] NULL,
[IndexID] [int] NULL,
[IntegerData] [int] NULL,
[ServerName] [nvarchar](256) NULL,
[EventClass] [int] NULL,
[ObjectType] [int] NULL,
[NestLevel] [int] NULL,
[State] [int] NULL,
[Error] [int] NULL,
[Mode] [int] NULL,
[Handle] [int] NULL,
[ObjectName] [nvarchar](256) NULL,
[DatabaseName] [nvarchar](256) NULL,
[FileName] [nvarchar](256) NULL,
[OwnerName] [nvarchar](256) NULL,
[RoleName] [nvarchar](256) NULL,
[TargetUserName] [nvarchar](256) NULL,
[DBUserName] [nvarchar](256) NULL,
[LoginSid] [image] NULL,
[TargetLoginName] [nvarchar](256) NULL,
[TargetLoginSid] [image] NULL,
[ColumnPermissions] [int] NULL,
[LinkedServerName] [nvarchar](256) NULL,
[ProviderName] [nvarchar](256) NULL,
[MethodName] [nvarchar](256) NULL,
[RowCounts] [bigint] NULL,
[RequestID] [int] NULL,
[XactSequence] [bigint] NULL,
[EventSequence] [bigint] NULL,
[BigintData1] [bigint] NULL,
[BigintData2] [bigint] NULL,
[GUID] [uniqueidentifier] NULL,
[IntegerData2] [int] NULL,
[ObjectID2] [bigint] NULL,
[Type] [int] NULL,
[OwnerID] [int] NULL,
[ParentName] [nvarchar](256) NULL,
[IsSystem] [int] NULL,
[Offset] [int] NULL,
[SourceDatabaseID] [int] NULL,
[SqlHandle] [image] NULL,
[SessionLoginName] [nvarchar](256) NULL,
[PlanHandle] [image] NULL,
[GroupID] [int] NULL
)

Answer 1

I tried the same thing and I did not run into any issues. Have you tried with a new trace and save to a different named table?

Answer 2

You have to wait...the 'replay' is grayed out for about 1 minute until it fully loads the script.

Answer 3

Had the same issue and it turned out I was trying to open a trace recorded in Profiler 2014 with Profiler 2008 on a diffrent SQL instance in order to reply the trace. Upgrading profiler to 2014 on a replay instance solved the problem.

Answer 4

You have to create table of specific structure first. Try to export trace into a table from profiler and look what it created. Then just insert subset of columns into the table. Here is what I used for SQL 2012-2017:
------- Trace created with Replay template
USE [testdb]
GO
/****** Object: Table [dbo].[TraceTable] Script Date: 29-Oct-18 17:37:07 ******/
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[TraceTableSQL1]
(
[RowNumber] [int] IDENTITY ( 0 , 1 ) NOT NULL ,
[EventClass] [int] NULL ,
[BinaryData] [image] NULL ,
[DatabaseID] [int] NULL ,
[NTUserName] [nvarchar] ( 128 ) NULL ,
[NTDomainName] [nvarchar] ( 128 ) NULL ,
[HostName] [nvarchar] ( 128 ) NULL ,
[ClientProcessID] [int] NULL ,
[ApplicationName] [nvarchar] ( 128 ) NULL ,
[LoginName] [nvarchar] ( 128 ) NULL ,
[SPID] [int] NULL ,
[StartTime] [datetime] NULL ,
[EndTime] [datetime] NULL ,
[Error] [int] NULL ,
[DatabaseName] [nvarchar] ( 128 ) NULL ,
[RowCounts] [bigint] NULL ,
[RequestID] [int] NULL ,
[EventSequence] [bigint] NULL ,
[IsSystem] [int] NULL ,
[ServerName] [nvarchar] ( 128 ) NULL ,
[TextData] [ntext] NULL ,
[EventSubClass] [int] NULL ,
[Handle] [int] NULL ,
PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
(
[RowNumber] ASC
)
WITH ( PAD_INDEX = OFF , STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF , IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF , ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS = ON , ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS = ON ) ON [PRIMARY]
)
ON [PRIMARY] TEXTIMAGE_ON [PRIMARY]
GO
INSERT [TraceTableSQL1]
SELECT
[EventClass] ,
[BinaryData] ,
[DatabaseID] ,
[NTUserName] ,
[NTDomainName] ,
[HostName] ,
[ClientProcessID] ,
[ApplicationName] ,
[LoginName] ,
[SPID] ,
[StartTime] ,
[EndTime] ,
[Error] ,
[DatabaseName] ,
[RowCounts] ,
[RequestID] ,
[EventSequence] ,
[IsSystem] ,
[ServerName] ,
[TextData] ,
[EventSubClass] ,
[Handle]
FROM sys.fn_trace_gettable ( N'd:\temp\profiler.trc' , DEFAULT )