<![CDATA[SQL syntax color does not support double commenting]]>I have comments in my SQL like /* --- comment ---*/ but I also sometimes comment out blocks of script like -

/*
/*--- comment ---*/
SELECT . . .
*/

The above SQL is shown by syntax coloring as active.
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]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/24223/sql-syntax-color-does-not-support-double-commentingRSS for NodeWed, 19 Aug 2026 02:29:57 GMTWed, 08 Mar 2023 07:50:46 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to SQL syntax color does not support double commenting on Tue, 14 Mar 2023 18:15:38 GMT]]>@Michael-Vincent said in SQL syntax color does not support double commenting:

PR was just added to master. Looks like next version will have it, or you can test the artifact right now.

86dd6740-3ff4-499f-b740-0e710a2568e5-image.png

Looks like it’s working …

NOTE: Customized theme in the screenshot. The ‘stylers.model.xml’ has been updated for the default theme to include MS-SQL.

Cheers.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/84843https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/84843Tue, 14 Mar 2023 18:15:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SQL syntax color does not support double commenting on Tue, 14 Mar 2023 11:29:16 GMT]]>@PeterJones said in SQL syntax color does not support double commenting:

Nice. I am not going to bother with the script on this one, then. :-)

PR was just added to master. Looks like next version will have it, or you can test the artifact right now.

https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/commit/01bbebf825acaa458af7afaa27b0f6269310451b

Cheers.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/84834https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/84834Tue, 14 Mar 2023 11:29:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SQL syntax color does not support double commenting on Thu, 09 Mar 2023 00:23:58 GMT]]>@Michael-Vincent ,

Nice. I am not going to bother with the script on this one, then. :-)

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/84717https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/84717Thu, 09 Mar 2023 00:23:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SQL syntax color does not support double commenting on Wed, 08 Mar 2023 23:57:16 GMT]]>@PeterJones said in SQL syntax color does not support double commenting:

it’s that Notepad++ has chosen to always use the standard-SQL lexer

@Jan-N-Pedersen

May not have to wait too long:

https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/pull/13184

Cheers.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/84716https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/84716Wed, 08 Mar 2023 23:57:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SQL syntax color does not support double commenting on Wed, 08 Mar 2023 22:38:38 GMT]]>

It cannot be fixed in Notepad++ until it is fixed in Scintilla. I have put in a bug report with Scintilla,

It turns out that Scintilla/Lexilla has a separate lexer for MS-SQL compared to the other SQL variants. In SciTE, if I enable that lexer, it handles the nested comments okay. So it’s not a bug, it’s that Notepad++ has chosen to always use the standard-SQL lexer.

Which means, if you are willing to install the PythonScript plugin, I could give you a script (maybe tomorrow) that would enable the MS-SQL lexer for you, and switch from SQL to MS-SQL on your SQL files. So if you are interested and willing to install that plugin, let me know.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/84715https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/84715Wed, 08 Mar 2023 22:38:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SQL syntax color does not support double commenting on Wed, 08 Mar 2023 14:17:25 GMT]]>@Jan-N-Pedersen ,

Notepad++ uses a library called “Scintilla” for the syntax highlighting. After discovering that SQL does indeed allow nested comments, I just went and verified that the Scintilla library that we use does not correctly parse nested comments.

It cannot be fixed in Notepad++ until it is fixed in Scintilla. I have put in a bug report with Scintilla, but there’s no guarantee they will fix it. If they do, then it may be a few Notepad++ versions before N++ has updated to the newest Scintilla.

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