For example, Oracle requires the EXPLAIN PLAN FOR statement, followed by the query and querying the PLAN_TABLE table to see the output. In SQL Server, you can use SET SHOWPLAN_ALL ON statement and ...

The `EXPLAIN` statement shows the execution plan for a query without executing it. It is complimented by `EXPLAIN ANALYZE` which will execute the query. If the output of `EXPLAIN` does not match the ...

Part of the SQL Server 2022 blog series. Query Store is one of the most powerful database-scoped features in SQL Server for troubleshooting performance and improving the stability of your database ...

The next release of Microsoft SQL Server, announced as SQL Server 2017, is available for download in CTP2 at http://tinyurl.com/SQLvNextLinux and offers many cool new ...

Query optimization for such system is a challenging and important problem. In this paper we describe the Query Optimizer inside the SQL Server Parallel Data Warehouse product (PDW QO). We leverage ...

you can use the EXPLAIN or EXPLAIN ANALYZE command after your query, and see the output in the console or a graphical tool. In SQL Server, you can use the SET SHOWPLAN_ALL ON or SET SHOWPLAN_XML ...