sys.dm_exec_valid_use_hints (Transact-SQL)

Applies to: SQL Server Azure SQL Database Azure SQL Managed Instance SQL database in Microsoft Fabric

Returns USE HINT supported hint names. It lists one hint name per row.

Use this DMV to see the list of all supported hints under the USE HINT notation.

Column Name	Data Type	Description
name	sysname	The name of the hint.

See Query Hints for descriptions of each hint.

Introduced in SQL Server 2016 (13.x) SP1.

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