when to use backquote in SQL

2004-09-09 Thread leegold
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. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To

Re: when to use backquote in SQL

2004-09-09 Thread Dan Nelson
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

Re: when to use backquote in SQL

2004-09-09 Thread Fagyal Csongor
Dan Nelson wrote: 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

Re: when to use backquote in SQL

2004-09-09 Thread Jim Grill
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

Re: when to use backquote in SQL

2004-09-09 Thread SGreen
Single and double quotes are usually string identifiers (double quoted strings can sometimes also refer to database objects) Backticks (backquotes) always refer to database objects (columns, tables, indexes, databases, etc.). Here is the page in the manual that explains it all.

Re: when to use backquote in SQL

2004-09-09 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Sep 09), Fagyal Csongor said: Dan Nelson wrote: 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.