CDATA-SQL-HIGHLIGHTER

This extension provides syntax highlighting for content embedded within CDATA sections in XML files. It detects whether a CDATA block holds SQL, Markdown or a URL and highlights it accordingly.

Features

• Syntax highlighting for SQL code within CDATA tags in XML files.
• Dedicated highlighting for SQL keywords, functions, and operators.
• Markdown highlighting for documentation blocks (e.g. <description>).
• URL highlighting with [[param]] and {param} placeholders marked as variables.
• The closing ]]> is always recognized, even after unclosed brackets, strings or comments.

Content detection

The type of a CDATA block is decided by its first non-blank character (it may be on the line after <![CDATA[). The first matching rule wins:

Highlighting works line by line, so the type is chosen from the start of the block; SQL is the fallback for everything that is not Markdown or a URL.

Screenshots

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