REMARK

Purpose

Begins a comment in a command file. SQL*Plus does not interpret the comment as a command.

Syntax

REM[ARK]

Usage Notes

The REMARK command must appear at the beginning of a line, and the comment ends at the end of the line. A line cannot contain both a comment and a command.

For details on entering comments in command files using the SQL comment delimiters, /* ... */, or the ANSI/ISO comment delimiter, - - ..., refer to "Placing Comments in Command Files" in Chapter 3.

Example

The following command file contains some typical comments:

REM COMPUTE uses BREAK ON REPORT to break on end of table
BREAK ON REPORT
COMPUTE SUM OF "DEPARTMENT 10" "DEPARTMENT 20" -
"DEPARTMENT 30" "TOTAL BY JOB" ON REPORT
REM Each column displays the sums of salaries by job for
REM one of the departments 10, 20, 30.
SELECT JOB,
       SUM( DECODE( DEPTNO, 10, SAL, 0)) "DEPARTMENT 10",
       SUM( DECODE( DEPTNO, 20, SAL, 0)) "DEPARTMENT 20",
       SUM( DECODE( DEPTNO, 30, SAL, 0)) "DEPARTMENT 30",
       SUM(SAL) "TOTAL BY JOB"
FROM EMP
GROUP BY JOB