|  | Posted by Erland Sommarskog on 09/14/05 00:34 
(jim_geissman@countrywide.com) writes:> I would like to save a query plan (estimated or actual)
 > created in Query Analyzer -- paste it into a document,
 > or simply print.  It doesn't seem to be possible to
 > select and copy the Execution Plan window, and printing
 > it creates microscopic gibberish which is a waste of
 > paper.  Is it possible to do this?
 >
 > Set showplan_text is of limited help for the SP I'm
 > looking at -- while analyzing the SP, it reads ahead
 > and complains that a temp table created inside the SP
 > doesn't exist (yet) and exits.  Using Ctrl-K to capture
 > the query plan allows the SP to complete, but saving the
 > plan is the problem.
 
 SET STATISTICS PROFILE ON is what you are looking for.
 
 You can also use Profiler, and filter for the event
 Performance:Execution Plan.
 
 In SQL 2005 you can actually save the graphical plan (in XML format)
 from Managment Studio, the replacement for Query Analyzer and Enterprise
 Manager.
 
 
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 Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@sommarskog.se
 
 Books Online for SQL Server SP3 at
 http://www.microsoft.com/sql/techinfo/productdoc/2000/books.asp
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