Monitor and change SQL queries with SQL Server 2000 - windows

I have a database upgrade tool that is misbehaving. I would like to catch one of the queries it sends to the database and change it before it is executed.
The tool connects via ODBC.
The tool and the SQL Server are on the same Windows 2003 Server box.
Any ideas?
EDIT: (More info)
When the tool runs it dies on step 12 out of 100. It issues some bad SQL intended to create a view. I need to suppress the error message or correct the SQL before it is executed. I can't just create the view because the first thing it does it drop the view. Even then it would error because the view would already exist.

Certainly - use the SQL Profiler to intercept and record the query.
Very useful little tool that...

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SSIS error with Oracle - Exception deserialzing the package "Value does not fall within the expected range"

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It is a simple task to query the count in a table, using an existing OLE connection. I create a user variable, set the ResultSet to Single Row, and put in my statement: "SELECT COUNT(fld) FROM MY_TABLE" It shows no errors, but when I try to execute it, I get the error in the title. I can change it to a BEGIN SELECT COUNT(fld) FROM MY_TABLE; END; or add a GO on the 2nd line - it makes no difference. I can set the ResultSet to None, and it makes no difference. I can create a new OLE Connection and use that, and it makes no difference.
I'm pretty sure it has to do with the Oracle driver, because nothing in the paragraph above makes any sense. I can test the connection and it works, however, and when I use the existing connection, it is parameterized for the project.
So what next? Reinstall the Oracle drivers? Or is there anything less drastic?
I started a new project, make a new OLE connection, a new Execute SQL task, and call an Oracle procedure. It works just fine. It's just trying to edit an existing project that doesn't work. Sometimes.
Oh, I'm also using Visual Studio 2019.

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I support an application whose UI is built on weblogic server. I need to know the sql query fired in the database whenever any action is performed on UI. Since there a lot of users hence I need to know is there any specific action through which I can identify it ?
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Linq DataContext.CreateDatabase on Azure

This came up once before: Use DataContext.CreateDatabase in SQL Azure
The answer accepted was "maybe it's not possible". Didn't seem like a full answer.
I have a set of classes fully defined and I am wanting to create a database on Azure for this. It's not working because the USE statement does not work: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/ee336288.aspx
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Regards
Dhruv

How do I set the SDE version in SSIS dataflow source

I have a GIS oracle database and I am needing to reference in a SSIS dataflow task. Ideally I would normally do something like this (which works perfectly in Oracle SQL Developer):
execute sde.version_util.set_current_version('SAFE.mvedits')
SELECT CAD_EVENTID
FROM SAFE.INCIDENT_POINT_MV
however when I try to use that as the SQL command of my OLE DB Datasource it throws me an "Invalid SQL" error.
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Knowing nothing of nothing on Oracle, what you might try is
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Add an Execute SQL Task before your Data Flow that talks to Oracle. Use your query there to modify the current version thing. This setting should be persisted on the connection.
In your OLE DB Datasource, start with the SELECT statement.
You might need to set DelayValidation to true as well.
If that's not working, let me know and I'll see if I can come up with anything else.
As it turns out this is a shortfall of interacting with GIS Oracle databases through thirdparty applications. In my situation we addressed it by just bundling the change up in a stored procedure that lives on the oracle server and invoking that stored procedure from inside SSIS.

SQL Plus and www.apex.oracle.com

Does the SQL syntax differ in any way for SQL Plus and apex.oracle.com
From this article I can assume that it doesn't, but I want to be sure. Is SQL Plus only an environment that is able to connect to an Oracle server ?
I'm asking this because I just started learning Oracle's SQL syntax and I don't have access to my faculty's server from home. The only solution I found so far is Apex since I'm not planning to install a server on my laptop.
Is SQL Plus only an environment that
is able to connect to an Oracle server?
Yes, SQL*Plus is not very useful unless you can connect to an Oracle database server.
I'm asking this because I just started
learning Oracle's SQL syntax and I
don't have access to my faculty's
server from home. The only solution I
found so far is Apex since I'm not
planning to install a server on my
laptop.
If you cannot connect to your faculty's database server from home, you have no choice but to install your own server somewhere. Apex only runs on an Oracle database server.
However, it's not too difficult nowadays, as long as you follow the installation instructions carefully.
Another option is to get a free account at apex.oracle.com. You'll be able to use Apex's SQL interface. I don't think you can connect to it using SQL Developer, though.
Alternatively, you can start up a simple pre-prepared Apex instance on Amazon's EC2. With this option, if you open the relevant port (1521) you'll be able to connect to it using SQL Developer.
The SQL commands are identical. They are all passed directly to the database engine for execution.
SQL*Plus has a bunch of extra commands (mostly for formatting output, but also stuff like dealing with variables and database startup/shutdown).
[Very old versions of SQL*Plus from the Oracle 7 era don't recognize the MERGE command as SQL and would refuse to do anything with it. But I'd hope those versions are all dead and buried by now.]
SQLPlus commands are to manage the SQLPLus environment and have really nothing to do with SQL. They are mostly for formatting output or taking in data that is used with SQL to send to the server.
SQLPlus is a proprietary Oracle product for connecting to Oracle server and issuiung commands. It is being replaced (officially) by SQL Developer.
I strongly suggest you download the free SQL Developer program from oracle:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/sql-developer/downloads/index.html
it's a great tool for working with sql, pretty easy to get started (install, create a new db connection and start typing sql_ plus does fill in for columns once it know the tablenames.
Also, it can run most sqlplus commands if you want to format output, etc.
A nice visual intro to the oracle schema and useful if you want to write plsql.

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