54*60*32 is the total number of CPU seconds in the timeframe. 54*60*32 = "# of minutes" * "secs in one min" * "# of CPUs".

Good points, Old Hand. Also thanks for mentioning the plan guides. It's exactly the solution to address the subject of "it is a vendor code and I can't touch it"....

Allan,

spTraceBuild must be totally re-written to work in sql7, not just the line with the function fn_trace_getinfo (which BTW can be simply taken off). If you ever run traces programmatically...