What started as a simple recommendation turned into a comprehensive benchmarking exercise. Let us see blog post about JSON vs XML.
Optimizer Timeouts: Reason for Early Termination in a Plan
Diagnose optimizer early termination in SQL Server plans, find cached timeouts with XML, and simplify queries using measured evidence.
Capturing Actual Execution Plans From a Script With SET STATISTICS XML
Capture actual plans with SET STATISTICS XML, save the extra result safely, inspect runtime fields, and compare last-known plan statistics.




