title: how can I test performance in Sql Server Mgmt Studio without outputting data?
body: <p>Using SQL Server Management Studio. </p>
  
  <p>How can I test the performance of a large select (say 600k rows) without the results window impacting my test? All things being equal it doesn't really matter, since the two queries will both be outputting to the same place. But I'd like to speed up my testing cycles and I'm thinking that the output settings of SQL Server Management Studio are getting in my way. Output to text is what I'm using currently, but I'm hoping for a better alternative. </p>
  
  <p>I think this is impacting my numbers because the database is on my local box. </p>
  
  <p>Edit: Had a question about doing WHERE 1=0 here (thinking that the join would happen but no output), but I tested it and it didn't work -- not a valid indicator of query performance. </p>