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

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

今天的优雅回答:

<<~TEXT
Hi #{user.name}, 

Thanks for raising the flag, we're always happy to help you.
Your issue will be resolved within 2 hours.
Please be patient!

Thanks again,
Team #{user.organization.name}
TEXT

<<-TEXT和<<~TEXT有区别，前者保留了块内的空格，后者则没有。

还有其他的选择。 比如串联等等，但这个更有意义。

如果我错了，请告诉我…

你也可以使用双引号

x = """
this is 
a multiline
string
"""

2.3.3 :012 > x
 => "\nthis is\na multiline\nstring\n"

如果需要删除换行符“\n”，请在每行末尾使用反斜杠“\”

conn.exec = <<eos
  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
eos

conn.exec [
  "select attr1, attr2, attr3, ...",
  "from table1, table2, table3, ...",
  "where ..."
].join(' ')

这个建议的优点在于，自动缩进器可以适当地缩进文档和长字符串的每个部分。但这是以效率为代价的。