Subject Re: [firebird-support] View plan without executing query?
Author Helen Borrie
At 11:40 AM 21/02/2005 +0100, you wrote:

>Is there a way to view the (estimated?) plan without actually executing
>the query?

In isql, use the command

SET PLANONLY ON;
and then run the query.

SET PLANONLY OFF;
to switch it off.

Most of the GUI tools that allow you to prepare a query before running it
will show you the plan upon preparing, e.g. IB_SQL.

/hb