cannot save trace output to a local file?

Hi,
This is SQL 2000 on a win2k3 box.
In Trace Properties, when I checked 'Save to file' and clicked the folder
icon and specified a local file name, I got the following message:
For SQL server to write to a file, file path should have the following
format \\servername\sharename\filename
But I'm trying to write to a local file on the database server. How do I
have to use that format? Also in the Save As window, there is no way to
specify the path name like that given in the above message.
Thanks for any help,
Bingbing wrote:
> Hi,
> This is SQL 2000 on a win2k3 box.
> In Trace Properties, when I checked 'Save to file' and clicked the
> folder icon and specified a local file name, I got the following
> message:
> For SQL server to write to a file, file path should have the following
> format \\servername\sharename\filename
> But I'm trying to write to a local file on the database server. How
> do I have to use that format? Also in the Save As window, there is
> no way to specify the path name like that given in the above message.
> Thanks for any help,
>
> Bing
You don't. You can specify any local drive with a drive letter.
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