Re: The "Why Postgres not MySQL" bullet list

From: Rod Taylor <rbt(at)rbt(dot)ca>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Ian Barwick <barwick(at)gmx(dot)net>, Postgresql Advocacy <pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: The "Why Postgres not MySQL" bullet list
Date: 2003-09-01 08:48:23
Message-ID: 1062406102.5470.44.camel@jester
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> I thought a newer SQL spec allows C comments --- am I remembering
> correctly?

Yes, single layer block comments /* */ are allowed as well.

This has to do with MySQL treating SELECT 1 -- 1; as a functional
statement returning 2.

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