# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 1005618160 0
# Node ID fa679d186a7d5ba195be4176cb9c7bf49647bff4
# Parent  fb31125d0d7be45a8cef2980d333cd733c7d8d5b
(sql-mode): Doc change.

(sql-mode-syntax-table): Backslash is no longer an escape character.

diff -r fb31125d0d7b -r fa679d186a7d lisp/progmodes/sql.el
--- a/lisp/progmodes/sql.el	Tue Nov 13 02:20:53 2001 +0000
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/sql.el	Tue Nov 13 02:22:40 2001 +0000
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 ;; Author: Alex Schroeder <alex@gnu.org>
 ;; Maintainer: Alex Schroeder <alex@gnu.org>
-;; Version: 1.6.3
+;; Version: 1.6.5
 ;; Keywords: comm languages processes
 ;; URL: http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?SqlMode
 
@@ -531,6 +531,8 @@
     (modify-syntax-entry ?\f "> b" table)
     ;; single quotes (') quotes delimit strings
     (modify-syntax-entry ?' "\"" table)
+    ;; backslash is no escape character
+    (modify-syntax-entry ?\\ "." table)
     table)
   "Syntax table used in `sql-mode' and `sql-interactive-mode'.")
 
@@ -1115,7 +1117,15 @@
 value of `sql-buffer' using \\[sql-set-sqli-buffer].
 
 For information on how to create multiple SQLi buffers, see
-`sql-interactive-mode'."
+`sql-interactive-mode'.
+
+Note that SQL doesn't have an escape character unless you specify
+one.  If you specify backslash as escape character in SQL,
+you must tell Emacs.  Here's how to do that in your `~/.emacs' file:
+
+\(add-hook 'sql-mode-hook
+          (lambda ()
+	    (modify-syntax-entry ?\\\\ \".\" sql-mode-syntax-table)))"
   (interactive)
   (kill-all-local-variables)
   (setq major-mode 'sql-mode)