Give us easier to read execution plansMichelle Ufford (@SQLFool) recently asked for help pinpointing the most expensive node(s) in a complicated execution plan.  Mladen Prajdic (@MladenPrajdic) has a useful workaround; he coded up a quick query to parse the showplan XML and order results by cost descending.  The Connect item that would ...

I had a fairly busy week, so I did not get to spend a lot of time rounding up old, nearly-forgotten Connect items.  But I do believe I came up with at least one or two that you will want to vote or comment on... ======================================== Getting default parameters from catalog views Currently the catalog view sys.parameters ...