SQL Server Execution Plans - Red Gate Software

Chapter 8: Advanced Topics
To get started, you have to have the query for which you're going to create a template. You
will need to use sp_get_query_template again, in order to see the structure of the
query, when parameterized. This will show you where SQL Server places the parameters.
You can then create the template guide, as shown in Listing 8.17.
EXEC sp_create_plan_guide @name = N'MyThirdPlanGuide',
@stmt = N'SELECT 42 AS TheAnswer
,em.EmailAddress
,e.BirthDate
,a.City
FROM Person.Person AS p
JOIN HumanResources.Employee e
ON p.BusinessEntityID = e.BusinessEntityID
JOIN Person.BusinessEntityAddress AS bea
ON p.BusinessEntityID = bea.BusinessEntityID
JOIN Person.Address a
ON bea.AddressID = a.AddressID
JOIN Person.StateProvince AS sp
ON a.StateProvinceID = sp.StateProvinceID
JOIN Person.EmailAddress AS em
ON e.BusinessEntityID = em.BusinessEntityID
WHERE em.EmailAddress LIKE ''david%''
AND sp.StateProvinceCode = ''WA'' ;', @type = N'TEMPLATE',
@module_or_batch = NULL, @params = N'@0 VARCHAR(8000)',
@hints = N'OPTION(PARAMETERIZATION FORCED)'
Listing 8.17
Plan guide administration
To see a list of plan guides within the database, just SELECT from the dynamic
management view, sys.plan_guides.
SELECT *
FROM sys.plan_guides
Listing 8.18
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