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Including Comments in SQL Statements in MySQL

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How To Include Comments in SQL Statements in MySQL?

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A

If you want to include comments in a SQL statement, you can first enter "--", then enter your comment until the end of the line. The tutorial exercise below shows you some good examples:

SELECT 'Hello world!' FROM DUAL; -- My first SQL statement! 

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