diff --git a/packages/engine/src/resource-access.ts b/packages/engine/src/resource-access.ts
index 33ea88b..0da6f4b 100644
--- a/packages/engine/src/resource-access.ts
+++ b/packages/engine/src/resource-access.ts
@@ -554,7 +554,66 @@ function normalizeSqlSelector(selector: string): string {
   return normalizedSelector.trim();
 }
 
+function stripSqlCommentsAndLiterals(sql: string): string {
+  const sanitizedCharacters = sql.split("");
+  let state:
+    | "single-quoted-literal"
+    | "double-quoted-identifier"
+    | "line-comment"
+    | "block-comment"
+    | undefined;
+  for (let index = 0; index !== sql.length; index += 1) {
+    const currentCharacter = sql[index];
+    const nextCharacter = sql[index + 1];
+
+    if (state === "single-quoted-literal") {
+      sanitizedCharacters[index] = " ";
+      if (currentCharacter === "'") state = undefined;
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (state === "double-quoted-identifier") {
+      if (currentCharacter === "\"") state = undefined;
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (state === "line-comment") {
+      sanitizedCharacters[index] = " ";
+      if (currentCharacter === "\n") state = undefined;
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (state === "block-comment") {
+      sanitizedCharacters[index] = " ";
+      if (currentCharacter === "*" && nextCharacter === "/") {
+        sanitizedCharacters[index + 1] = " ";
+        index += 1;
+        state = undefined;
+      }
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (currentCharacter === "'") {
+      sanitizedCharacters[index] = " ";
+      state = "single-quoted-literal";
+    } else if (currentCharacter === "\"") {
+      state = "double-quoted-identifier";
+    } else if (currentCharacter === "-" && nextCharacter === "-") {
+      sanitizedCharacters[index] = " ";
+      state = "line-comment";
+    } else if (currentCharacter === "/" && nextCharacter === "*") {
+      sanitizedCharacters[index] = " ";
+      sanitizedCharacters[index + 1] = " ";
+      index += 1;
+      state = "block-comment";
+    }
+  }
+
+  return sanitizedCharacters.join("");
+}
+
 function sqlTableAccesses(text: string): Array<{ access: "read" | "write"; selector: string }> {
+  const sanitized = stripSqlCommentsAndLiterals(text);
   const accesses: Array<{ access: "read" | "write"; selector: string }> = [];
   const identifier = String.raw`(?:"[^"]+"|[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_$]*)(?:\s*\.\s*(?:"[^"]+"|[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_$]*))*`;
   const sqlPattern = new RegExp(
@@ -562,7 +621,7 @@ function sqlTableAccesses(text: string): Array<{ access: "read" | "write"; selec
     "gi",
   );
   let match: RegExpExecArray | null;
-  while ((match = sqlPattern.exec(text)) !== null) {
+  while ((match = sqlPattern.exec(sanitized)) !== null) {
     const verb = match[1].toLowerCase();
     const selector = normalizeSqlSelector(match[2]);
     accesses.push({ access: verb === "from" || verb === "join" ? "read" : "write", selector });
@@ -1802,5 +1861,7 @@ export const resourceAccessTestHooks = {
   routeReceiverLooksHttp,
   queueReceiverLooksExternal,
   selectorLooksQueueTopic,
+  sqlTableAccesses,
+  stripSqlCommentsAndLiterals,
 };
 // Stryker restore all
diff --git a/tests/resource-access-coverage.test.mjs b/tests/resource-access-coverage.test.mjs
index 2edb5f4..9e804f8 100644
--- a/tests/resource-access-coverage.test.mjs
+++ b/tests/resource-access-coverage.test.mjs
@@ -2286,3 +2286,97 @@ test("bug #52 supported Fastify route methods do not depend on scan hints", (tes
     }
   }
 });
+
+test("bug #77 FROM in SQL string literals and comments is not mistaken for a table reference", () => {
+  const { sqlTableAccesses } = resourceAccessTestHooks;
+  assert.deepEqual(sqlTableAccesses("SELECT 'FROM ghost_table' AS label"), []);
+  assert.deepEqual(sqlTableAccesses("SELECT 1 /* FROM ghost_table */"), []);
+  assert.deepEqual(sqlTableAccesses("SELECT 1 -- FROM ghost_table"), []);
+  assert.deepEqual(sqlTableAccesses("SELECT id FROM actual_table"), [
+    { access: "read", selector: "actual_table" },
+  ]);
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    sqlTableAccesses("SELECT id FROM actual_table WHERE note = 'FROM false_table' /* JOIN ignored_table */"),
+    [{ access: "read", selector: "actual_table" }],
+  );
+});
+
+test("bug #77 SQL masking preserves lexical boundaries and table separators", () => {
+  const { sqlTableAccesses, stripSqlCommentsAndLiterals } = resourceAccessTestHooks;
+  const readAccesses = (...selectors) => selectors.map((selector) => ({ access: "read", selector }));
+  const cases = [
+    {
+      sql: "SELECT '-- literal', '/*', '*/', 'it''s FROM ghost' FROM actual_table",
+      expected: readAccesses("actual_table"),
+    },
+    {
+      sql: "SELECT 'abc\\' FROM actual_table",
+      expected: readAccesses("actual_table"),
+    },
+    {
+      sql: "SELECT '/*' AS marker FROM swallowed_table WHERE note = '*/'",
+      expected: readAccesses("swallowed_table"),
+    },
+    {
+      sql: "SELECT'x'FROM/* JOIN ghost */actual_table",
+      expected: readAccesses("actual_table"),
+    },
+    {
+      sql: "SELECT 1 -- ' FROM ghost_one\nFROM actual_table\n-- JOIN ghost_two",
+      expected: readAccesses("actual_table"),
+    },
+    {
+      sql: "SELECT 1 -- FROM ghost_one\rFROM actual_table",
+      expected: [],
+    },
+    {
+      sql: "SELECT 1 -- FROM ghost_one\r\nFROM actual_table",
+      expected: readAccesses("actual_table"),
+    },
+    {
+      sql: 'SELECT * FROM "orders--archive" JOIN "items/*current*/"',
+      expected: readAccesses("orders--archive", "items/*current*/"),
+    },
+    {
+      sql: 'SELECT * FROM "actual_table" /* JOIN ghost_table */',
+      expected: readAccesses("actual_table"),
+    },
+    {
+      sql: "SELECT 1 /* ' -- FROM ghost */ FROM actual_table",
+      expected: readAccesses("actual_table"),
+    },
+    {
+      sql: "SELECT * /*/*/ FROM actual_table",
+      expected: readAccesses("actual_table"),
+    },
+    {
+      sql: "SELECT 1/*x*/*2 FROM actual_table",
+      expected: readAccesses("actual_table"),
+    },
+    {
+      sql: "SELECT 8 / 2 * 3 - 1 FROM actual_table",
+      expected: readAccesses("actual_table"),
+    },
+    {
+      sql: "SELECT 1 /* 8 / 2 * 3 FROM ghost_table */ FROM actual_table",
+      expected: readAccesses("actual_table"),
+    },
+    { sql: "SELECT 1 /* FROM ghost_table", expected: [] },
+    {
+      sql: "SELECT 1/*/ FROM ghost_table */ FROM actual_table",
+      expected: readAccesses("actual_table"),
+    },
+    { sql: "SELECT 'FROM ghost_table", expected: [] },
+  ];
+
+  for (const { sql, expected } of cases) {
+    assert.equal(stripSqlCommentsAndLiterals(sql).length, sql.length, sql);
+    assert.deepEqual(sqlTableAccesses(sql), expected, sql);
+  }
+
+  const entirelyIgnored = "'x'--y\n/*z*/";
+  assert.equal(stripSqlCommentsAndLiterals(entirelyIgnored), " ".repeat(entirelyIgnored.length));
+
+  const quotedIdentifiers = 'SELECT * FROM "orders--archive" JOIN "items/*current*/"';
+  assert.equal(stripSqlCommentsAndLiterals(quotedIdentifiers), quotedIdentifiers);
+});