Selecting a database in mysql with spaces in its name

Question

I want to select my particular database in mysql console, but the problem is that my database name has a space in between and mysql ignores the part after the space. For ins

Answer 1

You have two options.

1 Enclose the database name in backticks or single quotes.

USE `student registration`;
USE 'student registration';

2 Escape the white space character.

USE student\ registration;

Oddly enough this produces.

ERROR: Unknown command '\ '.

But still changes the database.