# Database Queries / Data Explorer / Source Control / Non-Live Instance?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/database-queries-data-explorer-source-control-non-live-instance/74842>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [26 Novembro , 2017 19:44 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/database-queries-data-explorer-source-control-non-live-instance/74842 "2017-11-26T19:44:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mittineague](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mittineague/32/114259_2.png) [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)\
**Post date:** [26 Novembro , 2017 20:17 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/database-queries-data-explorer-source-control-non-live-instance/74842/2 "2017-11-26T20:17:53Z")

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AFAIK, the [data explorer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/32566?silent=true) plugin is safe to use on a live site because it can do only SELECT queries, and those are subject to time and result set limits.

A problem might be using those same queries in the database console. If you run the query in [data explorer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/32566?silent=true) with “include query plan” checked you can see information that might help with avoiding problems.

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