Name

Comment Delimiters (/* . . . */)

Synopsis

The /* and */ delimiters set off a comment in SQL*Plus. Comments entered this way may span multiple lines. If you use /* . . . */ in a script file, the comments are displayed on the screen when the script is executed.

Syntax

/* 
comment_text
comment_text
comment_text
*/

Parameters

/*

Marks the beginning of the comment

comment_text

Is the text making up the comment

*/

Marks the end of the comment

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