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Please check the following KB article:<br />
<a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms181714.aspx" rel="ugc nofollow">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms181714.aspx</a>
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Please check the following KB article:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms181714.aspx [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms181714.aspx]

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Hi experts, i am reading about query hints.<br />
I understand<br />
Caution <br />
Because the SQL Server query optimizer typically selects the best execution plan for a query, we recommend that hints be used only as a last resort by experienced developers and database administrators<br />
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can you tell me which scenario is necessary to use a query hint?
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Hi experts, i am reading about query hints.
I understand
Caution 
Because the SQL Server query optimizer typically selects the best execution plan for a query, we recommend that hints be used only as a last resort by experienced developers and database administrators

can you tell me which scenario is necessary to use a query hint?

sql server query hint

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Microsoft SQL Server 2008

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning. It includes support for managing XML data and allows a database server to be exposed over web services using Tabular Data Stream (TDS) packets encapsulated within SOAP (protocol) requests.