Hi Mike, all!
mos wrote:
I have a complicated SQL statement with around a dozen
"if(this,val1,val2)" embedded in it and there are even nested If
clauses. I'm getting syntax errors because I'm not balancing the "( )"
properly. Is there any free software out there for Windows that I can
copy and paste the SQL statement into that will show me where the
parenthesis are unbalanced? It doesn't have to know about SQL, I just to
either highlight the parenthesis range or find out when the parenthesis
become out of sync.
I cannot give a list of editors that will do it,
but I know that "vim" ("vi improved") does it.
It will also do syntax highlighting, but I do not know whether it knows
about SQL already or would need an additional SQL syntax description.
"vim" is available freely (both "free of charge" and "free open source")
for Unix + Windows from here:
http://www.vim.org/
It has several other nice features which will need some time to really
use them, like "folding" (hiding inner structure elements from display),
and it includes "vimdiff" (a tool to compare two file versions side by
side).
Whether you like vim (like I do) or not is a different issue, flame wars
about editors are famous.
I admit that the way you use vim is different from many Windows tools,
it is definitely not "point-and-click".
There is also a "gvim", more GUI-style, which I cannot comment on.
So you have to make your own choice.
HTH,
Jörg
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