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Microsoft® SQL Server 2008 R2 Unleashed
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Microsoft® SQL Server 2008 R2 Unleashed

by Ray Rankins, Paul Bertucci, Chris Gallelli, Alex T. Silverstein
September 2010
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
1704 pages
111h 8m
English
Sams
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SHOWPLAN_TEXT

Typing the following command in an SSMS query window turns on the SHOWPLAN_TEXT option:

SET SHOWPLAN_TEXT ON GO

Setting this option causes the textual showplan output to be displayed in the results panel but does not execute the query. You can also enable the SHOWPLAN_TEXT option by choosing the Query Options item from the Query menu. In the Query Options dialog, you click the Advanced item and check the SET SHOWPLAN_TEXT option.

The SHOWPLAN_TEXT option displays a textual representation of the execution plan. Listing 36.3 shows an example for a simple inner join query.

Tip

When you are displaying the SHOWPLAN_TEXT information in SSMS, it is usually easiest to view if you configure SSMS to return results to text rather than as ...

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