>> INSERT INTO somedb:{comment}table
>> VALUES{}({comment}SET{{comment}1{},{}2{}}OF{}INT{}){};
>>
>> Given that braces enclose comments (but, for example, C-style comments
>> are just a syntax error), it is immediately obvious that SET (and
>> MULTISET and LIST) followed by braces does not mark a comment after all,
>> but a constructor for a SET of INT. Of course, you can use the SQL
>> standard --to-end-of-line comment style between the SET and the opening
>> brace of the constructor. Ugh! You really do not want to mess with
>> this -- I sure as hell don't either, but I'm stuck with it. I have to
>> damn well pre-parse the SQL since I can't get a decent count of the
>> input parameters back from Informix.
>
> I'd appreciate it if, at some point, you could look at the evolving
> preparse() code in DBI.xs and see how it can be extended to cover
> your needs. Don't rush though as preparse() is currently a fairly
> slowly moving target and has a way to go yet before it's ready for
> drivers to use.
..and the code that is in current DBI has changed quite a bit.
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E-Mail: Scott T. Hildreth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 05-Feb-02
Time: 08:36:46
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