In the last episode (Sep 09), leegold said: > Could anyone link me or explain the purposes of backquotes in an SQL > statement. I tried searching the manual and googling it but couldn't > find a simple explaination. ``` vs. "regular" single quotes'''. > Thanks, Lee G.
Backquotes are used to delimit table or field names; they aren't used to delimit SQL strings the way ' or " are. You'll almost never need to use them unless you have spaces or other strange characters in your table/field names. -- Dan Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]