# Multiline lexstyle syntax highlighting (SQLParser)

**URL:** https://forum.alternetsoft.com/t/multiline-lexstyle-syntax-highlighting-sqlparser/504
**Category:** AlterNET Studio Support
**Created:** [August 7, 2025, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.alternetsoft.com/t/multiline-lexstyle-syntax-highlighting-sqlparser/504 "2025-08-07T14:42:38Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![todd.wilson](https://forum.alternetsoft.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/606060/32.png) [@todd.wilson](https://forum.alternetsoft.com/u/todd.wilson)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2025, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.alternetsoft.com/t/multiline-lexstyle-syntax-highlighting-sqlparser/504/1 "2025-08-07T14:42:38Z")

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Are we able to allow syntax highlighting to ignore newlines?

As a simple example, **‘hello world’** below is all one string, but only **‘hello** is highlighted in the editor.

**select ‘hello  
world’**

 ![Screenshot 2025-08-07 104147](https://forum.alternetsoft.com/uploads/default/original/1X/0cd48f4b11a8160ab58582d48c63205572a37e78.png)

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### Author: ![andrew.medvedev](https://forum.alternetsoft.com/user_avatar/forum.alternetsoft.com/andrew.medvedev/32/28_2.png) [@andrew.medvedev](https://forum.alternetsoft.com/u/andrew.medvedev)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2025, 12:04pm UTC](https://forum.alternetsoft.com/t/multiline-lexstyle-syntax-highlighting-sqlparser/504/2 "2025-08-10T12:04:00Z")

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Hi Todd,

Thank you for reporting this problem. We will update the SQL schema in the next release.  
I’ve uploaded the modified schema alongside the demo project here:

[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rhAJs9rKpGzkVYuNIjyJiJIXVvPHE6yR/view?usp=sharing](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rhAJs9rKpGzkVYuNIjyJiJIXVvPHE6yR/view?usp=sharing)

Regards,

Andrew

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### Author: ![todd.wilson](https://forum.alternetsoft.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/606060/32.png) [@todd.wilson](https://forum.alternetsoft.com/u/todd.wilson)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2025, 3:40pm UTC](https://forum.alternetsoft.com/t/multiline-lexstyle-syntax-highlighting-sqlparser/504/3 "2025-08-11T15:40:14Z")

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Thanks for including the schema!

I had to modify the xml slightly for single quotes, but it’s what I needed.