Title: database name cannot contain –
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# database name cannot contain –

 *  Resolved [cdeniro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cdeniro/)
 * (@cdeniro)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-name-cannot-contain/)
 * this plugin doesnt work with a db name containing a –
    Fatal Error (600)
 * You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your
   MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ‘-cases’ at line 1
    I verified
   everything works using another db name which doesnt contain a –
 * I saw in another post backticks can be used but i have tried and it doesnt resolve
   the issue
    Where should they be placed?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/abase/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/abase/)

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 *  Thread Starter [cdeniro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cdeniro/)
 * (@cdeniro)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-name-cannot-contain/#post-5490523)
 * I solved this by adding backticks on line 598 of abase.php
    $sqlTables2 = mysql_query(“
   SHOW TABLES FROM `$sqlDatabase`“, $abase_conn)

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 * Last reply from: [cdeniro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cdeniro/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-name-cannot-contain/#post-5490523)
 * Status: resolved