Using backticks around field names

Question

After reading a couple of answers and comments on some SQL questions here, and also hearing that a friend of mine works at a place which has a policy which bans them, I\'m w

Answer 1

The only problem with backticks is that they are not ANSI-SQL compliant, e.g. they don't work in SQL Server.

If there is a chance you would have to port your SQL to another database, use double quotes.