In the last episode (Feb 18), Ayyapraju Ganapathiraju said: > I need to create a table named "Case", but MySQL is rejecting it, may > be because it is a reserved word. I understand that I can change the > name to something sensible. Is there still a way to create a table > with such names, for example, by enclosing them in double quotes. I > would like to use such names for compatibility reasons with other > database we are currently using.
You can quote reserved words by enclosing them in backtics: `Case` -- Dan Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] sql query --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php