Re: MySQL table design
| From: | Chris Stinemetz | Date: | Fri, 23 Mar 2012 01:11:08 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: MySQL table design | ||
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On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 7:42 PM, Stuart Dallas <stuart@3ft9.com> wrote:
> On 23 Mar 2012, at 00:10, Chris Stinemetz wrote:
>
>> Is it possible to create a MySQL table with characters such as "." and
>> "[]" in the column headers? If so would you explain how?
>
> Try putting the column names in backticks (`).
>
> BUT... whatever the reason why you want to do that, IT'S WRONG.
>
> Seriously, don't do it. It will cause you more problems than you think it will solve, and
> I don't even know what problem you think it will solve.
>
I am just trying to preserve the source headers from the original data
I want to import into the table.
Thank you,
Chris