Execution Plan Permission – Database Research & Development https://www.dbrnd.com BIGData | NoSQL | MSSQL | MySQL | PostgreSQL Sat, 27 Jan 2018 20:54:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 SQL Server: Msg 262, SHOWPLAN permission denied in database https://www.dbrnd.com/2018/02/sql-server-msg-262-showplan-permission-denied-in-database/ Fri, 16 Feb 2018 16:16:20 +0000 https://www.dbrnd.com/?p=7098

If you are SQL DBA and managing database users, you might be facing this error.

Mostly, when you created a read-only database user then additionally you should give SHOWPLAN permission.

If the user is interested in checking the SQL Queries Execution Plan, it requires SHOWPLAN permission.

Error:

Msg 262, Level 14, State 4, Line 9
SHOWPLAN permission denied in database 'database_name'.

Solution:

GRANT SHOWPLAN TO User_Name
GO

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