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showplan

showplan noun: a text or graphical summary of how the system plans to optimize the execution of a query.

Noun

showplan (plural showplans)

  1. A text or graphical summary of how the system plans to optimize the execution of a query.
    • The showplan provides insight about how SQL Server is going to process a SQL statement. If you know what to look for in a showplan, the information it provides can be useful for tuning queries.2002, Mark Spenik, Orryn Sledge, Microsoft SQL Server 2000 DBA Survival Guide, page 526

Forms of showplan

pluralshowplans

Origin of showplan

From show + plan.

Questions about showplan

What does showplan mean?
Showplan means a text or graphical summary of how the system plans to optimize the execution of a query.
What part of speech is showplan?
Showplan is a noun.
What is the plural of showplan?
The plural of showplan is showplans.

Words near showplan in the dictionary

  1. showpersonship
  2. showpiece
  3. showpieces
  4. showplace
  5. showplaces
  6. showplan
  7. showplans
  8. showpony
  9. showprint
  10. showprints
  11. showran

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