# Why does Jinja parse the commented-out macros in SQL queries?

**URL:** <https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/why-does-jinja-parse-the-commented-out-macros-in-sql-queries/4708>\
**Category:** Help\
**Tags:** jinja\
**Created:** [August 4, 2022, 11:51am UTC](https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/why-does-jinja-parse-the-commented-out-macros-in-sql-queries/4708 "2022-08-04T11:51:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dom](https://discourse.getdbt.com/u/Dom)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2022, 7:15pm UTC](https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/why-does-jinja-parse-the-commented-out-macros-in-sql-queries/4708/2 "2022-08-07T19:15:46Z")

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Jinja context should be commented out with {# … #}

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