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title: "Considerations for Replaying Traces (SQL Server Profiler) | Microsoft Docs"
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# Considerations for Replaying Traces (SQL Server Profiler)
  [!INCLUDE[ssSqlProfiler](../../includes/sssqlprofiler-md.md)] cannot replay the following kinds of traces:  
  
-   Traces that contain transactional replication and other transaction log activity. These events are skipped. Other types of replication do not mark the transaction log so they are not affected.  
  
-   Traces that contain operations that involve globally unique identifiers (GUID). These events will be skipped.  
  
-   Traces that contain operations on **text**, **ntext**, and **image** columns involving the **bcp** utility, the BULK INSERT, READTEXT, WRITETEXT, and UPDATETEXT statements, and full-text operations. These events are skipped.  
  
-   Traces that contain session binding: **sp_getbindtoken** and **sp_bindsession** system stored procedures. These events are skipped.  
  
> [!NOTE]  
>  If you do not use the preconfigured replay template (**TSQL_Replay**), and do not capture all required data, [!INCLUDE[ssSqlProfiler](../../includes/sssqlprofiler-md.md)] does not replay the trace. For more information, see [Replay Requirements](replay-requirements.md).  
  
 For information about what permissions are required to replay a trace, see [Permissions Required to Run SQL Server Profiler](sql-server-profiler.md).  
  
## See Also  
 [bcp Utility](../bcp-utility.md)   
 [SQL Server Event Class Reference](../../relational-databases/event-classes/sql-server-event-class-reference.md)   
 [sp_getbindtoken (Transact-SQL)](/sql/relational-databases/system-stored-procedures/sp-getbindtoken-transact-sql)   
 [sp_bindsession (Transact-SQL)](/sql/relational-databases/system-stored-procedures/sp-bindsession-transact-sql)   
 [BULK INSERT (Transact-SQL)](/sql/t-sql/statements/bulk-insert-transact-sql)   
 [READTEXT (Transact-SQL)](/sql/t-sql/queries/readtext-transact-sql)   
 [WRITETEXT (Transact-SQL)](/sql/t-sql/queries/writetext-transact-sql)   
 [UPDATETEXT (Transact-SQL)](/sql/t-sql/queries/updatetext-transact-sql)