> I am trying to get new versions of our app to detect whether metadata
> changes are required, and to automatically carry them out.
> Commenting out the entire procedure would remove the dependencies
> while table and field changes are being made. An EXIT at the
> beginning doesn't do this.
>
> I notice this is done in a couple of the db front-end tools -
> IBExpert and FBDeveloperStudio for example. I assumed there was some
> sequence of characters which could be placed at the beginning and end
> of the procedure which would embrace the entire shebang (like (* ..
> *) in Delphi).

(* won't nest other (* comments.

So, no, no automated way of doing this, unless you check for comments and
comment those.

Martijn Tonies
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