Re: How to look for balanced parenthesis?

[Miles Thompson]

At 02:35 PM 7/9/2006, mos wrote:

>I have a complicated SQL statement with around a dozen 
>"if(this,val1,val2)" embedded in it and there are even nested If clauses. 
>I'm getting syntax errors because I'm not balancing the "( )" properly. Is 
>there any free software out there for Windows that I can copy and paste 
>the SQL statement into that will show me where the parenthesis are 
>unbalanced? It doesn't have to know about SQL, I just to either highlight 
>the parenthesis range or find out when the parenthesis become out of sync.
>
>TIA
>(Mike))


Mike,


EditPlus will match parentheses;  I think the latest version of UltraEdit 
does as well.
It is a real help at times.

Cheers - Miles Thompson



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