Link dump:
- Displaying Execution Plans by Using the Showplan SET Options (Transact-SQL).
- SET SHOWPLAN_ALL (Transact-SQL).
- SET SHOWPLAN_XML (Transact-SQL).
- SET SHOWPLAN_TEXT (Transact-SQL).
- Displaying Graphical Execution Plans (SQL Server Management Studio).
- SQL Server Management Studio Tip: Show Execution Plan – Robert Burke’s MSDN Weblog – Site Home – MSDN Blogs.
- Just press ctrl + m in SQL Server Management Studio to activate “Include Actual Execution Plan”. This will show the real execution plan just as with any ordinary query.
via Getting query / execution plan for dynamic sql in SQL Server – Stack Overflow. - SET SHOWPLAN_TEXT cannot be specified when using a stored procedure
You need to have the SHOWPLAN permission while running SET SHOWPLAN_TEXT
via How to quickly analyze a slow running query using SHOWPLAN_TEXT. - SqlMag.com: Understanding Query Plans.
- Chapter 1 of “Dissecting SQL Server Query Plans”: Execution Plan Basics.
- How To: Optimize SQL Queries.
–jeroen





