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-- (Comment) (Transact-SQL)

Indicates user-provided text. Comments can be inserted on a separate line, nested at the end of a Transact-SQL command line, or within a Transact-SQL statement. The server does not evaluate the comment.

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Syntax

-- text_of_comment

Arguments

  • text_of_comment
    Is the character string that contains the text of the comment.

Remarks

Use two hyphens (--) for single-line or nested comments. Comments inserted with -- are terminated by the newline character. There is no maximum length for comments. The following table lists the keyboard shortcuts that you can use to comment or uncomment text.

Action

Standard

SQL Server 2000

Make the selected text a comment

CTRL+K, CTRL+C

CTRL+SHIFT+C

Uncomment the selected text

CTRL+K, CTRL+U

CTRL+SHIFT+R

For more information about keyboard shortcuts, see SQL Server Management Studio Keyboard Shortcuts.

For multiline comments, see /*...*/ (Comment) (Transact-SQL).

Examples

The following example uses the -- commenting characters.

-- Choose the AdventureWorks2008R2 database.
USE AdventureWorks2008R2;
GO
-- Choose all columns and all rows from the Address table.
SELECT *
FROM Person.Address
ORDER BY PostalCode ASC; -- We do not have to specify ASC because 
-- that is the default.
GO