sys.dm_exec_cached_plan_dependent_objects (Transact-SQL)

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02/27/2023

Applies to: SQL Server Azure SQL Database Azure SQL Managed Instance

Returns a row for each Transact-SQL execution plan, common language runtime (CLR) execution plan, and cursor associated with a plan.

Syntax

sys.dm_exec_cached_plan_dependent_objects(plan_handle)

Arguments

plan_handle

Is a token that uniquely identifies a query execution plan for a batch that has executed and its plan resides in the plan cache. plan_handle is varbinary(64).

The plan_handle can be obtained from the following dynamic management objects:

Table Returned

Column name	Data type	Description
usecounts	int	Number of times the execution context or cursor has been used. Column is not nullable.
memory_object_address	varbinary(8)	Memory address of the execution context or cursor. Column is not nullable.
cacheobjtype	nvarchar(50)	The Plan cache object type. Column is not nullable. Possible values are: Executable plan CLR compiled function CLR compiled procedure Cursor

Permissions

Requires VIEW SERVER STATE permission on the server.

Permissions for SQL Server 2022 and later

Requires VIEW SERVER PERFORMANCE STATE permission on the server.

Physical joins

Diagram of physical joins for sys.dm_exec_cached_plan_dependent_objects.

Relationship cardinalities

From	To	On	Relationship
`dm_exec_cached_plan_dependent_objects`	`dm_os_memory_objects`	`memory_object_address`	One-to-one