Question

is there a limitation of database name can’t be created as numeric?

mysql> CREATE DATABASE 1;

…results in:

ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ‘1’ at line 1

….or am I doing something wrong?

Answer 1

You can create databases with purely numeric names – you need to quote though:

CREATE DATABASE `1`;

Limitations on names are in the MySQL documentation.