If I use the "Display Estimated Execution Plan" for a simple update statement, does it actually do the update?
Just wanted to make sure I wasnt going crazy.
Typically I am viewing the query plan that involve select statements, not updates.
For some reason I got paranoid when I was looking at one and I noticed a status message that mentioned "...executing..."
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms178071%28v=sql.105%29.aspx
Can somone reassure me that I am not going crazy?
:)