您也可以通过powershell使用SET STATISTICS XML ON来获得实际的计划。我写它是为了将多语句计划合并为一个计划;

    ########## BEGIN : SCRIPT VARIABLES #####################
    [string]$server = '.\MySQLServer'
    [string]$database = 'MyDatabase'
    [string]$sqlCommand = 'EXEC sp_ExampleSproc'
    [string]$XMLOutputFileName = 'sp_ExampleSproc'
    [string]$XMLOutputPath = 'C:\SQLDumps\ActualPlans\'
    ########## END   : SCRIPT VARIABLES #####################

    #Set up connection
    $connectionString = "Persist Security Info=False;Integrated Security=true;Connection Timeout=0;Initial Catalog=$database;Server=$server"
    $connection = new-object system.data.SqlClient.SQLConnection($connectionString)

    #Set up commands
    $command = new-object system.data.sqlclient.sqlcommand($sqlCommand,$connection)
    $command.CommandTimeout = 0
    $commandXMLActPlanOn = new-object system.data.sqlclient.sqlcommand("SET STATISTICS XML ON",$connection)
    $commandXMLActPlanOff = new-object system.data.sqlclient.sqlcommand("SET STATISTICS XML OFF",$connection)

    $connection.Open()

    #Enable session XML plan
    $result = $commandXMLActPlanOn.ExecuteNonQuery()

    #Execute SP and return resultsets into a dataset
    $adapter = New-Object System.Data.sqlclient.sqlDataAdapter $command
    $dataset = New-Object System.Data.DataSet
    $adapter.Fill($dataSet) | Out-Null

    #Set up output file name and path
    [string]$fileNameDateStamp = get-date -f yyyyMMdd_HHmmss
    [string]$XMLOutputFilePath = "$XMLOutputPath$XMLOutputFileName`_$fileNameDateStamp.sqlplan"

    #Pull XML plans out of dataset and merge into one multi-statement plan
    [int]$cntr = 1
    ForEach($table in $dataset.Tables)
    {
            if($table.Columns[0].ColumnName -eq "Microsoft SQL Server 2005 XML Showplan")
            {

                [string]$fullXMLPlan = $Table.rows[0]."Microsoft SQL Server 2005 XML Showplan"

                if($cntr -eq 1)
                    {

                    [regex]$rx = "\<ShowPlanXML xmlns\=.{1,}\<Statements\>"
                    [string]$startXMLPlan = $rx.Match($fullXMLPlan).Value
                    [regex]$rx = "\<\/Statements\>.{1,}\<\/ShowPlanXML\>"
                    [string]$endXMLPlan = $rx.Match($fullXMLPlan).Value

                    $startXMLPlan | out-file -Append -FilePath $XMLOutputFilePath

                    }

                [regex]$rx = "\<StmtSimple.{1,}\<\/StmtSimple\>"
                [string]$bodyXMLPlan = $rx.Match($fullXMLPlan).Value

                $bodyXMLPlan | out-file -Append -FilePath $XMLOutputFilePath

                $cntr += 1
            } 
    }

    $endXMLPlan | out-file -Append -FilePath $XMLOutputFilePath

    #Disable session XML plan
    $result = $commandXMLActPlanOff.ExecuteNonQuery()

    $connection.Close()

除了已经发布的综合答案之外，有时能够以编程方式访问执行计划以提取信息也是有用的。下面是示例代码。

DECLARE @TraceID INT
EXEC StartCapture @@SPID, @TraceID OUTPUT
EXEC sp_help 'sys.objects' /*<-- Call your stored proc of interest here.*/
EXEC StopCapture @TraceID

StartCapture定义

CREATE PROCEDURE StartCapture
@Spid INT,
@TraceID INT OUTPUT
AS
DECLARE @maxfilesize BIGINT = 5
DECLARE @filepath NVARCHAR(200) = N'C:\trace_' + LEFT(NEWID(),36)

EXEC sp_trace_create @TraceID OUTPUT, 0, @filepath, @maxfilesize, NULL 

exec sp_trace_setevent @TraceID, 122, 1, 1
exec sp_trace_setevent @TraceID, 122, 22, 1
exec sp_trace_setevent @TraceID, 122, 34, 1
exec sp_trace_setevent @TraceID, 122, 51, 1
exec sp_trace_setevent @TraceID, 122, 12, 1
-- filter for spid
EXEC sp_trace_setfilter @TraceID, 12, 0, 0, @Spid
-- start the trace
EXEC sp_trace_setstatus @TraceID, 1

停止捕获定义

CREATE  PROCEDURE StopCapture
@TraceID INT
AS
WITH  XMLNAMESPACES ('http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2004/07/showplan' as sql), 
      CTE
     as (SELECT CAST(TextData AS VARCHAR(MAX)) AS TextData,
                ObjectID,
                ObjectName,
                EventSequence,
                /*costs accumulate up the tree so the MAX should be the root*/
                MAX(EstimatedTotalSubtreeCost) AS EstimatedTotalSubtreeCost
         FROM   fn_trace_getinfo(@TraceID) fn
                CROSS APPLY fn_trace_gettable(CAST(value AS NVARCHAR(200)), 1)
                CROSS APPLY (SELECT CAST(TextData AS XML) AS xPlan) x
                CROSS APPLY (SELECT T.relop.value('@EstimatedTotalSubtreeCost',
                                            'float') AS EstimatedTotalSubtreeCost
                             FROM   xPlan.nodes('//sql:RelOp') T(relop)) ca
         WHERE  property = 2
                AND TextData IS NOT NULL
                AND ObjectName not in ( 'StopCapture', 'fn_trace_getinfo' )
         GROUP  BY CAST(TextData AS VARCHAR(MAX)),
                   ObjectID,
                   ObjectName,
                   EventSequence)
SELECT ObjectName,
       SUM(EstimatedTotalSubtreeCost) AS EstimatedTotalSubtreeCost
FROM   CTE
GROUP  BY ObjectID,
          ObjectName  

-- Stop the trace
EXEC sp_trace_setstatus @TraceID, 0
-- Close and delete the trace
EXEC sp_trace_setstatus @TraceID, 2
GO

您也可以通过powershell使用SET STATISTICS XML ON来获得实际的计划。我写它是为了将多语句计划合并为一个计划;

    ########## BEGIN : SCRIPT VARIABLES #####################
    [string]$server = '.\MySQLServer'
    [string]$database = 'MyDatabase'
    [string]$sqlCommand = 'EXEC sp_ExampleSproc'
    [string]$XMLOutputFileName = 'sp_ExampleSproc'
    [string]$XMLOutputPath = 'C:\SQLDumps\ActualPlans\'
    ########## END   : SCRIPT VARIABLES #####################

    #Set up connection
    $connectionString = "Persist Security Info=False;Integrated Security=true;Connection Timeout=0;Initial Catalog=$database;Server=$server"
    $connection = new-object system.data.SqlClient.SQLConnection($connectionString)

    #Set up commands
    $command = new-object system.data.sqlclient.sqlcommand($sqlCommand,$connection)
    $command.CommandTimeout = 0
    $commandXMLActPlanOn = new-object system.data.sqlclient.sqlcommand("SET STATISTICS XML ON",$connection)
    $commandXMLActPlanOff = new-object system.data.sqlclient.sqlcommand("SET STATISTICS XML OFF",$connection)

    $connection.Open()

    #Enable session XML plan
    $result = $commandXMLActPlanOn.ExecuteNonQuery()

    #Execute SP and return resultsets into a dataset
    $adapter = New-Object System.Data.sqlclient.sqlDataAdapter $command
    $dataset = New-Object System.Data.DataSet
    $adapter.Fill($dataSet) | Out-Null

    #Set up output file name and path
    [string]$fileNameDateStamp = get-date -f yyyyMMdd_HHmmss
    [string]$XMLOutputFilePath = "$XMLOutputPath$XMLOutputFileName`_$fileNameDateStamp.sqlplan"

    #Pull XML plans out of dataset and merge into one multi-statement plan
    [int]$cntr = 1
    ForEach($table in $dataset.Tables)
    {
            if($table.Columns[0].ColumnName -eq "Microsoft SQL Server 2005 XML Showplan")
            {

                [string]$fullXMLPlan = $Table.rows[0]."Microsoft SQL Server 2005 XML Showplan"

                if($cntr -eq 1)
                    {

                    [regex]$rx = "\<ShowPlanXML xmlns\=.{1,}\<Statements\>"
                    [string]$startXMLPlan = $rx.Match($fullXMLPlan).Value
                    [regex]$rx = "\<\/Statements\>.{1,}\<\/ShowPlanXML\>"
                    [string]$endXMLPlan = $rx.Match($fullXMLPlan).Value

                    $startXMLPlan | out-file -Append -FilePath $XMLOutputFilePath

                    }

                [regex]$rx = "\<StmtSimple.{1,}\<\/StmtSimple\>"
                [string]$bodyXMLPlan = $rx.Match($fullXMLPlan).Value

                $bodyXMLPlan | out-file -Append -FilePath $XMLOutputFilePath

                $cntr += 1
            } 
    }

    $endXMLPlan | out-file -Append -FilePath $XMLOutputFilePath

    #Disable session XML plan
    $result = $commandXMLActPlanOff.ExecuteNonQuery()

    $connection.Close()

在SQL Server Management Studio:

“Ctrl + M”将生成实际执行计划

“Ctrl + L”将生成估计执行计划

“Shift + Alt + S”为客户端统计

“Ctrl + Alt + P”用于SQL Server Profiler中的跟踪查询。

我最喜欢的获取和深入分析查询执行计划的工具是SQL Sentry Plan Explorer。它在执行计划的细节分析和可视化方面比SSMS更加人性化、方便和全面。

下面是一个示例屏幕截图，让你了解这个工具提供了什么功能:

它只是工具中可用的视图之一。注意应用程序窗口底部的一组选项卡，它可以让你获得不同类型的执行计划表示以及有用的附加信息。

此外，我还没有发现它的免费版有任何限制，会阻止你每天使用它，或者迫使你最终购买专业版。所以，如果你更喜欢使用免费版，没有什么能阻止你这么做。

除了前面所说的，还有一件重要的事情需要知道。

Query plans are often too complex to be represented by the built-in XML column type which has a limitation of 127 levels of nested elements. That is one of the reasons why sys.dm_exec_query_plan may return NULL or even throw an error in earlier MS SQL versions, so generally it's safer to use sys.dm_exec_text_query_plan instead. The latter also has a useful bonus feature of selecting a plan for a particular statement rather than the whole batch. Here's how you use it to view plans for currently running statements:

SELECT p.query_plan
FROM sys.dm_exec_requests AS r
OUTER APPLY sys.dm_exec_text_query_plan(
                r.plan_handle,
                r.statement_start_offset,
                r.statement_end_offset) AS p

然而，与XML列相比，结果表中的文本列不是很方便。为了能够单击要在单独的选项卡中作为图表打开的结果，而不必将其内容保存到文件中，您可以使用一个小技巧(记住您不能只使用CAST(…AS XML))，尽管这将只适用于单行:

SELECT Tag = 1, Parent = NULL, [ShowPlanXML!1!!XMLTEXT] = query_plan
FROM sys.dm_exec_text_query_plan(
                -- set these variables or copy values
                -- from the results of the above query
                @plan_handle,
                @statement_start_offset,
                @statement_end_offset)
FOR XML EXPLICIT