Introduction to PowerBuilder

Commenting Code

You can comment the SQL code in any one of the following styles.

Double Slash Method: '//' without quotations make everything after that in that line is considered as a comment. If you place it in the middle of a line, everything after that will be treated as comments.

//The following select everything from units table. Select * from units;

Double Minus Method: You can even use double minus instead of dobule slash. Both work exactly same.

--The following select everything from units table. Select * from units;

Slash-Star & Star-Slash Method: Sometimes, you might want to comment multiple lines. In that case, place /* at the beginning of comments and end the comments with */, everything in between is treated as comments. You can even use this method to comment a single line or a portion or it.

/* The following select everything from units table. */ Select * /* meaning unit, unit_description */ from units;

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