Re: Suggested Addition to MySQL Reference Manual

2003-03-21 Thread Paul DuBois
At 18:12 +0100 3/21/03, Stefan Hinz wrote: David, I would like to suggest that a third condition be included in this list. It seems that either of the other 2 comment characters, * -- * or * # * are also recognized by the parser within /* ... */. "-- " means "comment to the end of the l

Re: Suggested Addition to MySQL Reference Manual

2003-03-21 Thread Stefan Hinz
David, > I would like to suggest that a third condition be included in this list. It > seems that either of the other 2 comment characters, * -- * or * # * are > also recognized by the parser within /* ... */. "-- " means "comment to the end of the line". So, SELECT "Hello" /* This is a

Suggested Addition to MySQL Reference Manual

2003-03-21 Thread dpgirago
Howdy All, The MySQL Reference Manual lists 2 limitations on the way the mysql client parses /* ... */ comments, these being: Single-quote and double-quote characters are taken to indicate the beginning of a quoted string, even within a comment. If the quote is not matched by a sec