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Re: Forward or Backward Slash in Column Names
Posted by: Jon Stephens
Date: February 07, 2017 04:11PM

The short version is "You can if you quote the column name".

But IMO it's really safest to stick with a-b, 0-9, and _. Using slashes or backslashes is apt to be confusing and so just asking for trouble. Why not keep things simple?

Jon Stephens
MySQL Documentation Team @ Oracle

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