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Question #: 187
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What is an advantage of using an explain plan instead of the query profiler to evaluate the performance of a query?

  • A. The explain plan output is available graphically.
  • B. An explain plan can be used to conduct performance analysis without executing a query.
  • C. An explain plan will handle queries with temporary tables and the query profiler will not.
  • D. An explain plan's output will display automatic data skew optimization information.
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Suggested Answer: B 🗳️
by halol at Dec. 7, 2022, 7:51 p.m.

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SV1122
Highly Voted 2 years ago
Selected Answer: B
EXPLAIN compiles the SQL statement, but does not execute it, so EXPLAIN does not require a running warehouse. Although EXPLAIN does not consume any compute credits, the compilation of the query does consume Cloud Service credits, just as other metadata operations do. https://docs.snowflake.com/en/sql-reference/sql/explain.html
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_yyukta
Most Recent 10 months, 2 weeks ago
Selected Answer: B
B. An explain plan can be used to conduct performance analysis without executing a query.
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lukalooko
1 year, 5 months ago
Selected Answer: B
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MultiCloudIronMan
1 year, 5 months ago
Selected Answer: B
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halol
2 years ago
Selected Answer: B
https://docs.snowflake.com/en/sql-reference/sql/explain.html
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