1-7. Commenting Your Code
Problem
You want to document your code with inline and multiline comments.
Solution
Place two dashes before any text to create a one-line comment. For example, in the following code there is a comment placed before the query to describe its functionality:
-- The following query obtains a count of rows from the employees table
SELECT COUNT(*)
FROM EMPLOYEES;
Multiline comments can be created beginning with a slash and asterisk (/*
) and ending with an asterisk and slash (*/
). The following lines depict a multiple-line comment for a given code block:
/* This comment describes the functionality
in the following code block. */
How It Works
Comments play a crucial role in code development. Not only are they useful ...
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