title: Comments are causing errors in MySQL Script
body: <p>I'm using -- and # for comments in my SQL scripts but when I run, it returns error messages about syntax errors. When I take the comments out it runs fine. For examples below cause errors.</p>
  
  <pre><code>#################################################
  # DELETE RECORDS FROM TABLE
  #################################################
  
  -- DELETE RECORDS FROM TABLE WHERE EXTRACT RECORDS CONTAIN DELETE
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The only comment I can do is # at the beginning of a line which I guess is sufficient but I want to know why this doesn't work. Did this all the time in SQLServer.   </p>