On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:36:27 -0500, thelma@uwm.edu wrote:
> I have a table one of whose columns is named 'interval', which is also
> a mysql datatype. I don't know how easy it is to create such a table,
> but it sure isn't easy to use it.
>
> Mysql won't let me access this column in any way that I've tried: I
> can't select it or update it; I can't delete it or rename it.
> Do I have to recreate the whole table to get rid of it?
>
> thanks, --thelma

Quote it with back-tickies, like `interval` and think every time how
annoying it is, and resolve never to permit this kind of foolishness to
happen in the future.

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