From: Martijn Tonies Date: September 28 2005 4:05pm Subject: Re: Table names with periods List-Archive: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql/189707 Message-Id: <000a01c5c446$821de800$c802a8c0@martijnws> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >I am sure this has been asked before but I can't seemed to find it. > Canyou create table names with periods in them? I need to create tables >based on the IP address of machines (x.x.x.x) Ehm. Why? Instead of going the "silly table names" route, why not try a different design? With regards, Martijn Tonies Database Workbench - tool for InterBase, Firebird, MySQL, Oracle & MS SQL Server Upscene Productions http://www.upscene.com Database development questions? Check the forum! http://www.databasedevelopmentforum.com