On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 02:06:28PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Where are we on this? It seem odd that psql sends /* */ comments to the
> server, but not "--" comments. Should this be documented or changed?
>
> I am confused why changing the behavior would affect the regression test
> output as -- and /* */ comments already appear, and it was stated that
> "--" comments are already not sent to the server.
>
> Everyone agreed that suppressing \timing output for a PGRES_EMPTY_QUERY
> return result was not a good idea.
I have applied the attached document patch to document that '--'
comments are not passed to the server, while C-style block comments are.
We can call this a feature. ;-)
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Bruce Momjian <[email protected]> http://momjian.us
EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com
+ Everyone has their own god. +
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
new file mode 100644
index 5dce06a..85899d7
*** a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
--- b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
*************** testdb=>
*** 679,684 ****
--- 679,690 ----
<xref linkend="SQL-LISTEN"> and
<xref linkend="SQL-NOTIFY">.
</para>
+
+ <para>
+ While C-style block comments are passed to the server for
+ processing and removal, SQL-standard comments are removed by
+ <application>psql</application>.
+ </para>
</refsect2>
<refsect2 id="APP-PSQL-meta-commands">
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