On 21-11-2014 18:46, Stefan Heymann wrote: >>> "All statements except the BEGIN…END blocks must be separated by a >>> semicolon.." >>> - terminated, not separated. >> >> I think separated is actually correct here (although terminated is as >> well). The statement is terminated by the semi-colon, but multiple >> statements are separated by the semi-columns > > In Pascal, the semi-colon separates two statements. That's why you can > omit that semi-colon directly before the END keyword of a compound > statement. > > begin > One; > Two // no semi-colon here is correct Pascal > end; > > I think in PSQL the semi-colon is there to terminate a statement, and > it is also required to be there (except after END). > > begin > One; > Two -- syntax error in PSQL > end;
Separators are purely for the parser, and although you could leave it out for the last statement (as done in Pascal), most languages actually don't to be consistent. That doesn't change the meaning. Mark -- Mark Rotteveel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157005751&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Firebird-docs mailing list Firebird-docs@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-docs
