Comments (MDX)

This section discusses comments in InterSystems MDX queries and in stand-alone MDX expressions used within model definitions.

Comments

You can include a comment of the following form in any MDX query or expression, at any place where white space is acceptable.

/* comment here */

You can include comments of the following forms as separate lines within an MDX query or expression.

-- comment

Or:

// comment

You can also use the preceding two forms at the end of a line that contains MDX.

The following examples show valid MDX queries:

select /* change this later */ birthd.decade.members on 1 
from patients

--comment
select birthd.decade.members on 1 --comment
from patients // comment
//another comment