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@@ -674,6 +674,19 @@ If a queried record is already exclusively locked by another transaction, the `.
 
 
 
+### hints() {.method}
+
+Passes hints to the database query optimizer that can influence the execution plan. The hints can be passed as individual arguments or as an array.
+
+
+```js
+SELECT ... .hints ('IGNORE_PLAN_CACHE')
+SELECT ... .hints ('IGNORE_PLAN_CACHE', 'MAX_CONCURRENCY(1)')
+SELECT ... .hints (['IGNORE_PLAN_CACHE', 'MAX_CONCURRENCY(1)'])
+```
+
+
+
 
 
 ## INSERT {.class}