protected static String skipWS(String sql)
   {
	  int index;
	  for (index=0;index<sql.length();index++)
	  {
		 final char c=sql.charAt(index);
		 if ((c!=' ')&&(c!='\t')&&(c!='\r')&&(c!='\n'))
			 break;
	  }
	  if (index==0)
		  return sql;
	  return sql.substring(index);
   }