recognize and exclude sql comments in SELECT LIKE statement

Is it possible to look for a specific text and distinguish whether the matched text exists in a comment?

Something like this:

select 'really found' where 'select * from ABC;' like '%ABC%';
select 'found only in comments' where 'select * from mytable;--other table than ABC' like '%ABC%';

this works, but I want to prevent this working:

select 'really found' where 'select * from mytable;--other table than ABC' like '%ABC%';
select 'found only in comments' where 'select * from ABC;' like '%ABC%';

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asked 19 Apr, 03:23

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have you checked the REGEXP search condition to solve the match inside a comment? Eventually using --.*?ABC.*?

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answered 19 Apr, 09:51

Martin
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I guess it should also be considered that a new line ends a "--comment" or "// comment" so text in the next line up to the next comment indicator must be recognized as non-comment - which should work with according REGEXP expressions when adding '\n', too.

(19 Apr, 10:13) Volker Barth

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