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If you really need to redefine the record seperator, you could do something like this:

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
$/ = ";\n";
{
  local $/ = "\n";
  while (my $line = <DATA> ){
    $line =~ s/^#[^\r\n]*//g; # get rid of any comments
    print "Query: $line\n" if ($line !~ /^\s+$/);
  }
}


__DATA__
# one comment
# two comment
# another comment

insert into table_name values(1, 'testing 1 2 3');
# more comments
insert into table_name values (2, 'test &#149;');
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Output:

Query: insert into table_name values(1, 'testing 1 2 3');

Query: insert into table_name values (2, 'test &#149;');
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In reply to Re: Record Separator affecting Regex by Mr. Muskrat
in thread Record Separator affecting Regex by Kozz

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