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  • This for MySQL or SQL Server? Commented Apr 9, 2014 at 16:37
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    This is why naming columns with junk like # in them is usually a bad idea. Commented Apr 9, 2014 at 16:37
  • Your question indicates MySQL but your tags indicate sql-server (implying Microsoft). Which is it? If it were MSSQL you could put the name in brackets [Employee#] though I don't even know that it would be allowed Commented Apr 9, 2014 at 16:37
  • It's definitely MySql, because the engine is treating the # symbol as a comment indicator. Sql Server would not do that. Commented Apr 9, 2014 at 16:38