The SET SHOWPLAN statements must be the only statements in the batch.

Error Message:
Msg 1067, Level 15, State 2, Line 1
The SET SHOWPLAN statements must be the only statements in the batch.

Severity level:
15.

Description:
This error message appears when you try to use a SET SHOWPLAN statement together with other statement on the same batch.

Consequences:
The T-SQL statement can be parsed, but causes the error at runtime.

Resolution:
Error of the Severity Level 15 are generated by the user and can be fixed by the SQL Server user. The statement cannot be executed this way. SET SHOWPLAN statements must be the only statements in a batch. No other statements can be contained in the same batch.

Versions:
All versions of SQL Server.

Example(s):
SET SHOWPLAN_TEXT ON
SELECT TOP(1) *
  FROM Northwind.dbo.Orders

Remarks:
In the above statement we try to use SET SHOWPLAN togeth with other statements in one single batch. This raises the error.

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