Re: comments in argument list of plpgsql get stripped? - Mailing list pgsql-general

On Friday, January 20, 2012 12:24:26 pm Ralph Graulich wrote:
> Hi David,

>
> II) Having PostgreSQL issuing a NOTICE that "comments get stripped" if you
> use comments somewhere where PostgreSQL accepts them, but discards them
> silently?

I think that is covered by this:

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/interactive/sql-syntax-lexical.html#SQL-SYNTAX-COMMENTS

"A comment is removed from the input stream before further syntax analysis and is effectively replaced by whitespace."

>
> Best regards,
>   Ralph

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