Re: ISO something like "#if 0 ... #endif" for SQL code

In article <DD18D9BB-C92D-4B4B-9829-54AC88152B0E(at)solfertje(dot)student(dot)utwente(dot)nl>,
Alban Hertroys <dalroi(at)solfertje(dot)student(dot)utwente(dot)nl> writes:

>> I'm thinking of something like the trick of surrounding C code with
>> pairs of #if 0 and #endif, which effectively comments out code,
>> even when it contains /* C-style comments */.
>>
>> Is there some similar trick for SQL code?

> I have been playing with the idea of using cpp to pre-process such
> files, and maybe even put them in a Makefile. I don't think there's
> any reason that wouldn't be possible with SQL files. Added bonus, you
> can use macros in your SQL, for things like environment paths (for
> including other SQL files for example) etc.

If it's OK to preprocess SQL, you could also use the M4 macro
processor which comes with every decent operating system (i.e. Unix).