On Mon, Mar 27, 2006 at 12:11:40PM +0530, sandhya wrote: > I want to have a database/table with dot( . ) in its name.But > i am unable to create a database with a dot in the middle of its > name..Is there any possibility of doing it?If yes pls tell me. See the documentation regarding quoted identifiers. http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/sql-syntax.html#SQL-SYNTAX-IDENTIFIERS -- Michael Fuhr