Woodcock Washburn LLP
System and method for forcing a query execution plan
A suggested query execution plan is used as a constraint on a guided optimization process such that all execution plans that do not conform to the suggested execution plan are eliminated as possible alternatives. If the guided optimization process successfully generates a resulting execution plan, then the result will conform to the suggested execution plan. If the guided optimization process fails to generate a resulting execution plan, then it may be determined that the suggested execution plan is invalid.
Microsoft Corporation
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Ganapathy Milind Eric N. Cesar Wei
Krishnamoorthy Joshi Hanson Galindo-Legaria Yu