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# SkipComments

Skip SQL comments

## Declaration

Source position: db.pas line 2264

`function SkipComments(`
`var p: PChar;`
`EscapeSlash: Boolean;`
`EscapeRepeat: Boolean`
`):Boolean;`

## Arguments

`p` |  | Pointer to null-terminated string containing a SQL statement.
`EscapeSlash` |  | Is a backslash an escape character
`EscapeRepeat` |  | Are repeated quotes considered a single character

## Function result

True if a comment was skipped.

## Description

SkipComments examines the null-terminated string in P and skips any SQL comment or string literal found at the start. It returns P the first non-comment or non-string literal position. The EscapeSlash parameter determines whether the backslash character (\) functions as an escape character (i.e. the following character is not considered a delimiter). EscapeRepeat must be set to True if the quote character is repeated to indicate itself.

The function returns True if a comment was found and skipped, False otherwise.

## Errors

No checks are done on the validity of P.

## See also

TParams.ParseSQL |  | Parse SQL statement, replacing parameter names with SQL parameter placeholders