Thanks to Tomasz Sroka’s pull request for my hint.sql in the TPT repo and blog entries by Sayan 1 and Jonathan 2, we now have a HINT_SCOPE field in my hint.sql script too! SQL> @hint merge NAME VERSION VERSION_OUTLINE INVERSE HINT_SCOPE ----------------------- ----------- --------------- -------------- -------------- MERGE_CONST_ON 8.0.0 STATEMENT MERGE_AJ 8.1.0 8.1.7 QBLOCK MERGE_SJ 8.1.0 8.1.7 QBLOCK MV_MERGE 9.0.0 QBLOCK MERGE 8.1.0 10.1.0 NO_MERGE QBLOCK OBJECT NO_MERGE 8.0.0 10.1.0 MER...