Posted by Andy Hassall on 07/16/07 00:59

On Sun, 15 Jul 2007 20:31:54 -0400, Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net>
wrote:

>> You should use single quotes for strings in SQL, not double quotes. Double
>> quotes are supposed to be for quoting table and column names ("identifiers").
>> MySQL can, in some cases, accept either, but you should stick with the right
>> one to avoid potential trouble, and to stay closer to standard SQL conventions.
>
>No back ticks are for quoting table and column names. Double quotes are
>a non-standard MySQL extension to the spec (and will fail if MySQl is
>running in strict ANSII SQL mode).

Other way around. Backticks are a non-standard MySQL extension. The standard
is double quotes.

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