The SQL Query Analyzer is the most polished and functional tool we saw for tuning manual SQL queries. It conveniently displays results in either grid or text format and can interrupt long-running ...

What exactly does 1 unit of cost represent in SQL Query Analyzer execution plans? [ie: Subtree Cost: 41.2134] Obviously it is some form of measurement since a very simple "select @@version" is like ...

We have SQL Server 6.5 (soon to be 2000) and I was wondering if there is a query analyzer for Linux that would be able to execute queries on it.