conn.exec 'select attr1, attr2, attr3, attr4, attr5, attr6, attr7 ' <<
        'from table1, table2, table3, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, ' <<
        'where etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc'

<<是字符串的连接操作符

最近，随着Ruby 2.3的新特性，新的弯弯曲曲的HEREDOC将允许您以一种非常好的方式编写多行字符串，并且只需要进行最小的更改，因此，将它与.squish(如果您正在使用rails)结合使用将使您以一种非常好的方式编写多行字符串! 在只使用ruby的情况下，您可以执行<<~SQL.split。Join(" ")，几乎相同

[1] pry(main)> <<~SQL.squish
[1] pry(main)*   select attr1, attr2, attr3, attr4, attr5, attr6, attr7
[1] pry(main)*   from table1, table2, table3, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc,
[1] pry(main)*   where etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc
[1] pry(main)* SQL
=> "select attr1, attr2, attr3, attr4, attr5, attr6, attr7 from table1, table2, table3, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, where etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc"

裁判:https://infinum.co/the-capsized-eight/multiline-strings-ruby-2-3-0-the-squiggly-heredoc

为了避免每一行的圆括号关闭，你可以简单地使用双引号和反斜杠来转义换行:

"select attr1, attr2, attr3, attr4, attr5, attr6, attr7 \
from table1, table2, table3, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, \
where etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc"

在ruby 2.0中，你现在可以只使用%

例如:

    SQL = %{
      SELECT user, name
      FROM users
      WHERE users.id = #{var}
      LIMIT #{var2}
    }

conn.exec 'select attr1, attr2, attr3, attr4, attr5, attr6, attr7 ' <<
        'from table1, table2, table3, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, ' <<
        'where etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc'

<<是字符串的连接操作符

如果你不介意额外的空格和换行，你可以使用

conn.exec %w{select attr1, attr2, attr3, attr4, attr5, attr6, attr7
  from table1, table2, table3, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc,
  where etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc} * ' '

(使用%W表示插值字符串)