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From Thomas Lockhart
Subject Re: psql comment char??
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In response to Re: psql comment char??  (darcy@druid.net (D'Arcy J.M. Cain))
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> > I would call those the alternate forms.  The canonical (SQL) way is
> > -- This is a comment
> Is this part of the SQL-92 spec?

This is the *only* comment delimiter defined in the SQL92 spec. The "/*
.. */" form is present in several database products since a
block-delimited comment is very useful.
                      - Thomas

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