Re: [GENERAL] psql : Comment?

From: Simon Drabble <simon(at)eskimo(dot)com>
To: Bruce Tong <zztong(at)laxmi(dot)ev(dot)net>
Cc: PostgreSQL General <pgsql-general(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] psql : Comment?
Date: 1999-08-13 18:03:43
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.3.96.990813140104.10780A-100000@dragon
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On Fri, 13 Aug 1999, Bruce Tong wrote:

> I tend to put SQL into text files and then let a makefile run them through
> psql. I'd like to be able to put comments into these SQL files. Is there a
> character psql accepts as a comment?
>
>
> Bruce Tong | Got me an office; I'm there late at night.

Standard(?) SQL method is to use -- , e.g.

CREATE TABLE foo (
bar int, -- an integer
baz text -- some text
);

Simon.

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