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How important are backtics (`)

Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 9:58 am
by jonah
While playing around with and getting used to phpMyAdmin, I notice
that example query coding always places backticks (`column`) around
column names. In addition, much of the code advice in this forum
includes examples utilizing the same syntax.

I have never needed to use these in my code and was wondering what
specific benefit is derived from their use?

Are there situations where their use is absolutely necessary or are they
used simply to clarify or highlight code so that it is more readable?

Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 10:28 am
by feyd
backticks are required if you have a field name that conflicts with a keyword