"#", just as in many other languages, means COMMENT. e.g. you can write a .sql file containing: # # Select all customers # select customer_name from customers; then you can feed the sql file to MySQL on the command line... and it will execute. e.g. unix/nt cmd line> mysql -A -u myusername -p < a.sql password: ******* +------------------------------+ | customer_name | +------------------------------+ | Architecture Development | | Larr's Cobbler Shop | | New Customer | +------------------------------+ 3 rows in set (0.00 sec) --- In php-objects@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Atkinson, Robert" <ratkinson@...> wrote: > > Out of interest, what does '#' mean in a MySql statement, if it doesn't mean > the hash character? > > Rob. >
