Plan Forcing Scenarios and Examples

This section contains the following scenarios that show how to use the USE PLAN query hint to match queries with existing query plans by using tempdb and the AdventureWorks sample database:

• Plan Forcing Scenario: Use USE PLAN to Force a JOIN Algorithm

• Plan Forcing Scenario: Use USE PLAN to Force an Index Union Algorithm

• Plan Forcing Scenario: Create a Plan Guide That Specifies a Query Plan

• Plan Forcing Scenario: Create a Plan Guide to Force a Plan Obtained from a Rewritten Query.