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Mysql>
Be ready to accept the new command.
Description: A prompt that normally waits for input.
-
Wait for the next line of the multiline command.
Description: This is a hint when you are typing a SQL statement into multiple lines. If you enter an SQL statement that does not end with a semicolon.
' >
Wait for the next line, waiting for the end of the string to begin with single quotation marks ("'").
Description: Before you should have entered a single quotation mark, and this single quotation mark does not end, the system waits for you to enter another single quotation mark to match a pair.
">
Wait for the next line, waiting for the end of the string to begin with double quotation marks ("" ").
Description: Before you should have entered a double quotation mark, and this double quotation mark does not end, the system waits for you to enter another double quotation mark to match a pair.
' >
Waits for the next line, waiting for the end of the qualifier to begin with a backslash (' ').
Description: A pair of backslashes is used to cause an identifier, such as field name, table name, and so on.
/*>
Wait for the next line, and wait for the end of the comment to start with/*.
Description: Multi-line comment.
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MySQL prompt meaning