BTEQ Comment Elements
|
Element |
Function |
Rule |
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* (asterisk) |
Begins a BTEQ comment |
It must be the first nonblank character on the line. |
|
Text string |
Contains the comment text |
Can be as many characters as fills the line, less one for the terminator character. |
|
<cr> (carriage return) <lf> (line feed) * asterisk |
Terminates a BTEQ comment |
The rest of the line, after the ending character, must be blank. |
BTEQ Comment Example
BTEQ comments begin with an asterisk (*), contain text, and end with one of three termination characters (see table above), as in the following example:
* Comment text*
Continuing BTEQ Comments
To continue a comment to the next line, create two consecutive comments, as shown in the following example:
* This table defines all parameters <cr>
* in the Department table <cr>
* which is normally updated on a weekly basis <cr>