EXPLAIN it to them! http://youtu.be/ckb3YYZZZ2Q

CHANGELOG

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 
 * 3.2.0 *
 
+* ActiveRecord explain (SHOWPLAN) support. 
+  http://youtu.be/ckb3YYZZZ2Q
+
 * Remove our log_info_schema_queries config since we are not hooking properly into AR's 'SCHEMA' names.
 
 * Properly use 'SCHEMA' name arguement in DB statements to comply with ActiveRecord::ExplainSubscriber::IGNORED_PAYLOADS.

Gemfile

@@ -32,5 +32,6 @@ group :development do
   gem 'mocha', '0.9.8'
   gem 'shoulda', '2.10.3'
   gem 'bench_press'
+  gem 'nokogiri'
 end
 

README.md

@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 
 # SQL Server 2005/2008 & Azure Adapter For ActiveRecord
 
-The SQL Server adapter for ActiveRecord. If you need the adapter for SQL Server 2000, you are still in the right spot. Just install the latest 2.3.x version of the adapter. Note, we follow a rational versioning policy that tracks ActiveRecord. That means that our 2.3.x version of the adapter is only for the latest 2.3 version of Rails.
+The SQL Server adapter for ActiveRecord. If you need the adapter for SQL Server 2000, you are still in the right spot. Just install the latest 2.3.x version of the adapter. Note, we follow a rational versioning policy that tracks ActiveRecord. That means that our 2.3.x version of the adapter is only for the latest 2.3 version of Rails. We also have stable branches for each major/minor release of ActiveRecord.
 
 
 ## What's New
 
+* Rails 3.2 support. With explain (SHOWPLAN) support.
 * Deadlock victim retry logic using the #retry_deadlock_victim config.
 * Proper interface to configure the connection and TinyTDS app name reported to SQL Server.
 * Rails 3.1 prepared statement support leverages cached query plans.
@@ -170,6 +171,37 @@ module ActiveRecord
 end
 ```
 
+#### Explain Support (SHOWPLAN)
+
+The 3.2 version of the adapter support ActiveRecord's explain features. In SQL Server, this is called the showplan. By default we use the `SHOWPLAN_ALL` option and format it using a simple table printer. So the following ruby would log the plan table below it.
+
+```ruby
+Car.where(:id => 1).explain
+```
+
+```
+EXPLAIN for: SELECT [cars].* FROM [cars] WHERE [cars].[id] = 1
++----------------------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+--------------+---------------------+----------------------+------------+---------------------+----------------------------------------------------+----------+----------+----------+--------------------+
+| StmtText                                           | StmtId | NodeId | Parent | PhysicalOp           | LogicalOp            | Argument                                           | DefinedValues                                      | EstimateRows | EstimateIO          | EstimateCPU          | AvgRowSize | TotalSubtreeCost    | OutputList                                         | Warnings | Type     | Parallel | EstimateExecutions |
++----------------------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+--------------+---------------------+----------------------+------------+---------------------+----------------------------------------------------+----------+----------+----------+--------------------+
+| SELECT [cars].* FROM [cars] WHERE [cars].[id] = 1  |      1 |      1 |      0 | NULL                 | NULL                 | 2                                                  | NULL                                               |          1.0 | NULL                | NULL                 | NULL       | 0.00328309996984899 | NULL                                               | NULL     | SELECT   | false    | NULL               |
+|   |--Clustered Index Seek(OBJECT:([activerecord... |      1 |      2 |      1 | Clustered Index Seek | Clustered Index Seek | OBJECT:([activerecord_unittest].[dbo].[cars].[P... | [activerecord_unittest].[dbo].[cars].[id], [act... |          1.0 | 0.00312500004656613 | 0.000158099996042438 |        278 | 0.00328309996984899 | [activerecord_unittest].[dbo].[cars].[id], [act... | NULL     | PLAN_ROW | false    |                1.0 |
++----------------------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+--------------+---------------------+----------------------+------------+---------------------+----------------------------------------------------+----------+----------+----------+--------------------+
+```
+
+You can configure a few options to your needs. First is the max column width for the logged table. The default value is 50 characters. You can change it like so.
+
+```ruby
+ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::Sqlserver::Showplan::PrinterTable.max_column_width = 500
+```
+
+Another configuration is the showplan option. Some might find the XML format more useful. If you have Nokogiri installed, we will format the XML string. I will gladly accept pathces that make the XML printer more useful!
+
+```ruby
+ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::SQLServerAdapter.showplan_option = 'SHOWPLAN_XML'
+```
+
+
 
 ## Versions
 

activerecord-sqlserver-adapter.gemspec

@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.require_path  = 'lib'
   s.rubyforge_project = 'activerecord-sqlserver-adapter'
 
-  s.add_dependency('activerecord', '~> 3.1.0')
+  s.add_dependency('activerecord', '~> 3.2.0.rc1')
 end
 

lib/active_record/connection_adapters/sqlserver/core_ext/active_record.rb

@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
-require 'set'
-require 'active_record/base'
-require 'active_record/version'
-require 'active_support/concern'
-require 'active_support/core_ext/class/attribute'
-
 module ActiveRecord
   module ConnectionAdapters
     module Sqlserver
@@ -46,4 +40,3 @@ def coerce_sqlserver_time(*attributes)
 
 
 ActiveRecord::Base.send :include, ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::Sqlserver::CoreExt::ActiveRecord
-

lib/active_record/connection_adapters/sqlserver/core_ext/explain.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+module ActiveRecord
+  module ConnectionAdapters
+    module Sqlserver
+      module CoreExt
+        module Explain
+
+          SQLSERVER_STATEMENT_PREFIX = "EXEC sp_executesql "
+          SQLSERVER_PARAM_MATCHER = /@\d+ =/
+
+          def exec_explain(queries)
+            unprepared_queries = queries.map { |sql, bind| [unprepare_sqlserver_statement(sql), bind] }
+            super(unprepared_queries)
+          end
+
+          private
+
+          # This is somewhat hacky, but it should reliably reformat our prepared sql statment 
+          # which uses sp_executesql to just the first argument, then unquote it. Likewise our 
+          # do_exec_query method should substitude the @n args withe the quoted values.
+          def unprepare_sqlserver_statement(sql)
+            if sql.starts_with?(SQLSERVER_STATEMENT_PREFIX)
+              executesql = sql.from(SQLSERVER_STATEMENT_PREFIX.length)
+              executesql_args = executesql.split(', ')
+              executesql_args.reject! { |arg| arg =~ SQLSERVER_PARAM_MATCHER }
+              executesql_args.pop if executesql_args.many?
+              executesql = executesql_args.join(', ').strip.match(/N'(.*)'/)[1]
+              Utils.unquote_string(executesql)
+            else
+              sql
+            end
+          end
+
+
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+ActiveRecord::Base.extend ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::Sqlserver::CoreExt::Explain
+ActiveRecord::Relation.send :include, ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::Sqlserver::CoreExt::Explain

lib/active_record/connection_adapters/sqlserver/database_statements.rb

@@ -310,15 +310,14 @@ def valid_isolation_levels
 
         # === SQLServer Specific (Executing) ============================ #
 
-        def do_execute(sql, name = nil)
-          name ||= 'EXECUTE'
+        def do_execute(sql, name = 'SQL')
           log(sql, name) do
             with_sqlserver_error_handling { raw_connection_do(sql) }
           end
         end
 
         def do_exec_query(sql, name, binds)
-          statement = quote(sql)
+          explaining = name == 'EXPLAIN'
           names_and_types = []
           params = []
           binds.each_with_index do |(column,value),index|
@@ -337,10 +336,17 @@ def do_exec_query(sql, name, binds)
                                  raise "Unknown bind columns. We can account for this."
                                end
             quoted_value = ar_column ? quote(v,column) : quote(v,nil)
-            params << "@#{index} = #{quoted_value}"
+            params << (explaining ? quoted_value : "@#{index} = #{quoted_value}")
+          end
+          if explaining
+            params.each_with_index do |param, index|
+              substitute_at_finder = /(@#{index})(?=(?:[^']|'[^']*')*$)/ # Finds unquoted @n values.
+              sql.sub! substitute_at_finder, param
+            end
+          else
+            sql = "EXEC sp_executesql #{quote(sql)}"
+            sql << ", #{quote(names_and_types.join(', '))}, #{params.join(', ')}" unless binds.empty?
           end
-          sql = "EXEC sp_executesql #{statement}"
-          sql << ", #{quote(names_and_types.join(', '))}, #{params.join(', ')}" unless binds.empty?
           raw_select sql, name, binds, :ar_result => true
         end
 
@@ -357,7 +363,7 @@ def raw_connection_do(sql)
 
         # === SQLServer Specific (Selecting) ============================ #
 
-        def raw_select(sql, name=nil, binds=[], options={})
+        def raw_select(sql, name='SQL', binds=[], options={})
           log(sql,name,binds) { _raw_select(sql, options) }
         end
 

lib/active_record/connection_adapters/sqlserver/showplan.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+require 'active_record/connection_adapters/sqlserver/showplan/printer_table'
+require 'active_record/connection_adapters/sqlserver/showplan/printer_xml'
+
+module ActiveRecord
+  module ConnectionAdapters
+    module Sqlserver
+      module Showplan
+
+        OPTION_ALL  = 'SHOWPLAN_ALL'
+        OPTION_TEXT = 'SHOWPLAN_TEXT'
+        OPTION_XML  = 'SHOWPLAN_XML'
+        OPTIONS = [OPTION_ALL, OPTION_TEXT, OPTION_XML]
+
+        def explain(arel, binds = [])
+          sql = to_sql(arel)
+          result = with_showplan_on { do_exec_query(sql, 'EXPLAIN', binds) }
+          printer = showplan_printer.new(result)
+          printer.pp
+        end
+
+
+        protected
+
+        def with_showplan_on
+          set_showplan_option(true)
+          yield
+        ensure
+          set_showplan_option(false)
+        end
+
+        def set_showplan_option(enable = true)
+          sql = "SET #{option} #{enable ? 'ON' : 'OFF'}"
+          raw_connection_do(sql)
+        rescue Exception => e
+          raise ActiveRecordError, "#{option} could not be turned #{enable ? 'ON' : 'OFF'}, perhaps you do not have SHOWPLAN permissions?"
+        end
+
+        def option
+          (SQLServerAdapter.showplan_option || OPTION_ALL).tap do |opt|
+            raise(ArgumentError, "Unknown SHOWPLAN option #{opt.inspect} found.") if OPTIONS.exclude?(opt)
+          end
+        end
+
+        def showplan_all?
+          option == OPTION_ALL
+        end
+
+        def showplan_text?
+          option == OPTION_TEXT
+        end
+
+        def showplan_xml?
+          option == OPTION_XML
+        end
+
+        def showplan_printer
+          case option
+          when OPTION_XML then PrinterXml
+          when OPTION_ALL, OPTION_TEXT then PrinterTable
+          else PrinterTable
+          end
+        end
+
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

lib/active_record/connection_adapters/sqlserver/showplan/printer_table.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+module ActiveRecord
+  module ConnectionAdapters
+    module Sqlserver
+      module Showplan
+        class PrinterTable
+
+          cattr_accessor :max_column_width, :cell_padding
+          self.max_column_width = 50
+          self.cell_padding = 1
+
+          attr_reader :result
+
+          def initialize(result)
+            @result = result
+          end
+
+          def pp
+            @widths = compute_column_widths
+            @separator = build_separator
+            pp = []
+            pp << @separator
+            pp << build_cells(result.columns)
+            pp << @separator
+            result.rows.each do |row|
+              pp << build_cells(row)
+            end
+            pp << @separator
+            pp.join("\n") + "\n"
+          end
+
+          private
+
+          def compute_column_widths
+            [].tap do |computed_widths|
+              result.columns.each_with_index do |column, i|
+                cells_in_column = [column] + result.rows.map { |r| cast_item(r[i]) }
+                computed_width = cells_in_column.map(&:length).max
+                final_width = computed_width > max_column_width ? max_column_width : computed_width
+                computed_widths << final_width
+              end
+            end
+          end
+
+          def build_separator
+            '+' + @widths.map {|w| '-' * (w + (cell_padding*2))}.join('+') + '+'
+          end
+
+          def build_cells(items)
+            cells = []
+            items.each_with_index do |item, i|
+              cells << cast_item(item).ljust(@widths[i])
+            end
+            "| #{cells.join(' | ')} |"
+          end
+
+          def cast_item(item)
+            case item
+            when NilClass then 'NULL'
+            when Float then item.to_s.to(9)
+            else item.to_s.truncate(max_column_width)
+            end
+          end
+
+        end
+
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

lib/active_record/connection_adapters/sqlserver/showplan/printer_xml.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+module ActiveRecord
+  module ConnectionAdapters
+    module Sqlserver
+      module Showplan
+        class PrinterXml
+
+          def initialize(result)
+            @result = result
+          end
+
+          def pp
+            xml = @result.rows.first.first
+            if defined?(Nokogiri)
+              Nokogiri::XML(xml).to_xml :indent => 2, :encoding => 'UTF-8'
+            else
+              xml
+            end
+          end
+
+        end
+
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

lib/active_record/connection_adapters/sqlserver/utils.rb

@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ class Utils
 
         class << self
 
+          def unquote_string(string)
+            string.to_s.gsub(/\'\'/, "'")
+          end
+
           def unqualify_table_name(table_name)
             table_name.to_s.split('.').last.tr('[]','')
           end