On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:34:36 -0500, Peter H. Coffin wrote:

> On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 13:30:07 -0500, Good Man wrote:
>> Good Man <heyho@letsgo.com> wrote in
>> news:Xns99DC933AB6A4Bsonicyouth@216.196.97.131:
>>
>>> http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/...ved-words.html
>>
>> Actually according to that doc it suggests that you may use reserved
>> words if they are quoted properly:
>
> Note that "may" doesn't mean the practice is recommendable. Odds are
> that doing so will bite the programmer eventually, somehow.
>
> Been there, still have teethmarks.

Heh. The developers are long gone, so no changes will likely be made to
the code. I'll just cross my fingers that inserts or updates don't cause
any major issues.

Thank you both for the info!