verb (used with object), improved, improving. 1. to bring into a more desirable or excellent condition: He took vitamins to improve his health. 2. to make (land) more useful, profitable, or valuable by enclosure, cultivation, etc. 3. to increase the value of (real property) by betterments, as the construction of buildings and sewers.
Kara Goldin is the founder and CEO of Hint Water, a flavored water with no artificial sweetener. Part of building a successful small business is keeping your foot on the gas even when you aren't in the office.
Understanding what a hint affects using the V$SQL_FEATURE views. But thereâs more, (semi)undocumented views like V$SQL_FEATURE and V$SQL_FEATURE_HIERARCHY do give us more information about what these hints relate to. For example, if you have ever wondered why is there a MERGE hint and then also a USE_MERGE hint, you can check what do these hints control using my hinth.sql (Hint Hierarchy) script: