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Execution Plan for a long stored proc cuts off. How to view it in SSMS?


I am trying to look at an execution plan for a sproc that has a massive amount of statements, looping, etc... As you can imagine, the execution plan is really long. In fact, SSMS gets confused before the interesting part that I am trying to look at.

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Is there anyway to see the entire execution plan?

Btw, using SSMS 2008 to hit SQL Server 2005.


Solution

  • Try the free SQL Sentry Plan Explorer. We've made many enhancements to the graphical view and, while you can't always perfect the layout for an obnoxiously large plan, there are several other tabs where you can glean valuable information without having to find it on the graphical display and without having to parse XML.

    (Disclaimer: I work for SQL Sentry.)