Set MySQL delimiter inside an sql-file - mysql

Question

I want to set the delimiter inside an sql file (because I cannot rely on users to do that through the terminal).
Is there a mysql statement that will allow me to set the delimiter?
Using
DELIMITER //
throws an error.
# Categories schema
# --- !Ups
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `category` (
`id` INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT ,
`pid` INT NULL DEFAULT 0 ,
`label` VARCHAR(64) NULL ,
`active` TINYINT NULL DEFAULT 0,
PRIMARY KEY (`id`) );
DELIMITER //
CREATE FUNCTION hierarchy_connect_by_parent_eq_prior_id(value INT) RETURNS INT
NOT DETERMINISTIC
READS SQL DATA
BEGIN
DECLARE _id INT;
DECLARE _parent INT;
DECLARE _next INT;
DECLARE CONTINUE HANDLER FOR NOT FOUND SET #id = NULL;
SET _parent = #id;
SET _id = -1;
IF #id IS NULL THEN
RETURN NULL;
END IF;
LOOP
SELECT MIN(id)
INTO #id
FROM category
WHERE pid = _parent
AND id > _id;
IF #id IS NOT NULL OR _parent = #start_with THEN
SET #level = #level + 1;
RETURN #id;
END IF;
SET #level := #level - 1;
SELECT id, pid
INTO _id, _parent
FROM category
WHERE id = _parent;
END LOOP;
END//
DELIMITER ;
# --- !Downs
#DROP TABLE category;
We got the following error: You have an error in your SQL syntax;
check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the
right syntax to use near 'DELIMITER / CREATE FUNCTION
hierarchy_connect_by_parent_eq_prior_id(value INT) ' at line 1
[ERROR:1064, SQLSTATE:42000], while trying to run this SQL script:

Answer 1

In the version of MySql I use the same error occurs when using the delimiter command, but this version handles the delimiter ";" for statements and delimiter "|" for stored procedures and functions, which i think solves the problem; try this:
-- any comma-terminated statements here (select, create table, drop table, update, delete, etc)
CREATE FUNCTION hierarchy_connect_by_parent_eq_prior_id(value INT) RETURNS INT
-- function body here
END
|
-- other statements or functions here

Answer 2

Change delimiter in sql file as below:
-- # delimeter=/
-- # delimeter=;