Mysql Create Database with special characters in the name

Question

I want to create a database which name will have special characters in it. for example, (., - , _, @, #, $, %, &, *)

can anyone provide any output on this?

Answer 1

Simple: Don't.

You can escape exotic table names using the backtick in mysql, but I don't know if you can use anything inside the backticks. It will give great amounts of pain during the rest of your software life cycle.

I would rather recommend creating another table to hold that exotic names.

-- Example:
CREATE TABLE _DatabaseMetadata (
    databaseName VARCHAR(255),
    exoticName VARCHAR(255)
) DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;