Hint (SQL)

A Hint (SQL) is a SQL that ...

• See: Query Optimization, Query Optimizer, SQL, Database Engine, Index (Database).

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References

2017

• (Wikipedia, 2017) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hint_(SQL) Retrieved:2017-9-7.
  • In various SQL implementations, a hint is an addition to the SQL standard that instructs the database engine on how to execute the query. For example, a hint may tell the engine to use or not to use an index (even if the query optimizer would decide otherwise).

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