SQL Server SET STATISTICS

SQL Server SET STATISTICS is a SQL statement in the SQL Server Specific category. SQL Server: enables performance statistics output showing query execution time and I/O operations. The syntax is SET STATISTICS TIME ON; SET STATISTICS IO ON;. It returns statistics output. A close relative is OUTPUT Clause, which sQL Server: returns values from DML statements (like PostgreSQL RETURNING). A close relative is STUFF(), which sQL Server: deletes a specified length of characters from a string and inserts another string at the start position. A close relative is FOR XML PATH, which sQL Server: converts query results to XML format. Commonly used for string concatenation hack. More about this category: SQL Server-specific features — T-SQL, OUTPUT, TOP, PIVOT, STUFF, FOR XML. Related SQL Server Specific entries: OUTPUT Clause, STUFF(), FOR XML PATH, TRY...CATCH, @@IDENTITY / SCOPE_IDENTITY(), GETDATE() / SYSDATETIME(), STRING_SPLIT(), TOP ... WITH TIES.