Mike,
Monday, September 09, 2002, 2:45:36 AM, you wrote:
M�> I am having trouble with an sql query. I have a table with a column that
M�> has an '#' sign in the name. The problem is I can't seem to escape the
M�> column name to be able to select it.
M�> IE:
M�> select test#1 from test or select `test#1` from test
# is a symbol of comment to the end of line:
http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Comments.html
M�> Both don't work and i get the error Unknown column 'test' in 'field list'.
M�> Anyone know what I can do to fix it?
It's applies only if you use mysql command line client.
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