What’s the difference between
SELECT * FROM `this`
and
SELECT * FROM this
?
What’s the difference between SELECT * FROM `this` and SELECT * FROM this ?
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What’s the difference between
SELECT * FROM `this`
and
SELECT * FROM this
?
The former is escaped, the latter isn’t. Consider:
On systems where the the backtick is an escape, that would select from a table called
FROM(whereas without the backticks, it’s a syntax error). Some systems use square brackets instead, e.g.,SELECT * FROM [FROM].