understanding delimiter in sql

Author: techysanoj

delimiter_in_sql.sql

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+use world;
+
+show tables;
+
+select * from city;
+
+delimiter /
+
+select * from city/
+
+select * from country/
+
+-- now it is working before that delimiter line we need to use semicolon to seperate sql statement but now we can use /
+-- we can change this also
+
+delimiter $
+
+select * from city$
+
+select * from city; -- this will also work
+
+-- this will be used in case of stored procedure