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 instance, when i give the command:

use 'student registration'

I get the message:

cannot find database 'student'

Answer 1

You should try using back ticks ("`") to quote your database name. Generally speaking, it's probably better to use a naming convention to eliminate white space, e.g.

USE `StudentRegistration`;

or

USE `student_registration`;

Answer 2

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.