1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/vtab.c b/src/vtab.c
index 76ad3613e..09f0c2d7f 100644
--- a/src/vtab.c
+++ b/src/vtab.c
@@ -830,7 +830,9 @@ int sqlite3_declare_vtab(sqlite3 *db, const char *zCreateTable){
   z = (const unsigned char*)zCreateTable;
   for(i=0; aKeyword[i]; i++){
     int tokenType = 0;
-    do{ z += sqlite3GetToken(z, &tokenType); }while( tokenType==TK_SPACE );
+    do{
+      z += sqlite3GetToken(z, &tokenType);
+    }while( tokenType==TK_SPACE || tokenType==TK_COMMENT );
     if( tokenType!=aKeyword[i] ){
       sqlite3ErrorWithMsg(db, SQLITE_ERROR, "syntax error");
       return SQLITE_ERROR;