the "Tilda"

[mggjpm]

I'm looking at some access/sql code... and this "~" keeps appearing at the begining of a line... what the hell does it mean?

Examples below:

~DQuarter{Date} ((100*year(date))+1+Int((month(date)-1)/3))

~CalcPaymentsMade{} as NumOfPayments

Also, are these functions above? They look different than what I'm used to but I think I'm starting to figure them out.

 

[pdx_man]

What are you viewing this in? Query Analyzer? VBA Editor? I am not familar with the curly brackets in either of them, so ...

 

[doco]

Are you sure it is SQL SERVER cause it looks suspiciously like INFORMIX; which I know little to nothing other than having seen some queries