You should use SET SHOWPLAN_ALL ON before submitting your query to display the execution plan. Do note, though, that it is scheduled to be removed in favour of SHOWPLAN_XML in a future version.
MS SQL Server's equivalent to PostgreSQL's EXPLAIN
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14-04-2022 - |
Question
Is there a SQL Server equivalent to PostgreSQL's EXPLAIN
command that I can run on SQL Server 2008 R2 Express (ie. without SQL Profiler)?
Solution
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