From: FHDATA Date: October 29 2012 7:59pm Subject: name of a database in mysql.... List-Archive: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql/228521 Message-Id: <508EE012.8070007@unm.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit mysql server 5.1.41 hello Is there a way mysql server can be told to disallow any attempt of creating a database whose name contains certain characters? thanks,