[Qgis-user] Include Comment in source Query

[Johannes Kröger (WhereGroup)]

Hi Hugh,

that depends on the provider in use, a PostGIS provider might behave 
differently from a Shapefile. See if wrapping the comment in /* comment 
*/ works.

Cheers, Hannes

Am 03.02.22 um 15:16 schrieb Hugh Kelley:
> Hi all,
>
> in the Layer Properties >> source >> Query Builder dialogue, if I use 
> "--" it shows that I've commented out that line. when I test the query 
> though, it throws an error complaining about the comment I included.
>
> Is there a way to include a comment in the query?
>
> i've like to include a note to myself when I filter things sometimes 
> as it can be hard months or years later to figure out the motivation. 
> for example:
>
> -- remove built neighborhood bikeway according to KML file from 
> client, per email 2022-02-03
> "LOCAL_ID" NOT IN (4030, 3533, 4307, 6015, 5217)
>
> Maybe there's a better way to include this note, but it seems that the 
> closer the note is to the filter query definition the more likely I am 
> to see it.
>
> thanks
>
> Hugh
>
>
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