Is there an API to inspect the heap index file created by the sosex.bhi command?

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Ultimately, I want to dump the heap data into a SQL Server database in order to be able to analyse it at ease.

Right now my approach is to run the sosex.dumpgen command while redirecting to a file and then dumping into the database using a small C# program. But it does not help me if I want to know what object referenced what. So, I have the sosex.refs command for that, but it does not lend itself very well to bulk analysis.

Steve Johnson's blog (http://www.stevestechspot.com/default.aspx) does not seem to suggest there is such an API.

Any ideas?

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 06 '16 at 15:53

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There is no such API. Someday, I hope to make sosex open source, but my day job does not allow time for that at present.

answered Jun 06 '16 at 15:53

Steve Johnson

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Is there something anyone could help you with? – Thomas Weller Jun 06 '16 at 16:06
Yes, but I would need to put in a bit of time to make it ready even for that. The code has grown so much over time and has been hacked to make it support all runtimes since 2.0 that it's a bit of a mess. Can I contact you for help, if needed? – Steve Johnson Jun 06 '16 at 16:09
I am not sure I am qualified enough to help, but who knows - mark dot kharitonov at gmail dot com. – mark Jun 06 '16 at 19:30
Thanks for the offers of help. – Steve Johnson Jun 07 '16 at 01:44

Is there an API to inspect the heap index file created by the sosex.bhi command?

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