Convenient way to wrap long SQL statements in javascript

Question

In python, one can use \"\"\" to wrap long MySQL statements. For example,

sql = \"\"\"CREATE TABLE EMPLOYEE (
         FIRST_NAME  CHAR(20) NOT NULL,
         L         


        

Answer 1

You can use a backslash \ at the end of the line to spread the string over more than one line.

var sql = "CREATE TABLE EMPLOYEE ( \
           FIRST_NAME  CHAR(20) NOT NULL, \
           LAST_NAME  CHAR(20), \
           AGE INT, \
           SEX CHAR(1), \
           INCOME FLOAT )";
document.write(sql);