On Sun, Feb 18, 2001 at 03:06:08PM +0100, Jarmo Paavilainen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> ...
> > > Is there a way to create column names with spaces ?
> > > 
> > 
> > Yes you can use backquotes for this:
> > 
> > create table `a b` ( `x y` int );
> 
> Doesnt the normal (SQL9?) double quote do the trick? :
> 
> create table "a b" ( "x y" int );
> 

Maybe, but I don't see how you would use the column in queries
because it looks like a string constant:

select "x y" from "a b";

Regards,

Fred.

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