On Mon, Mar 27, 2006 at 03:03:38PM +0530, sandhya wrote: > Dear Michale.. > I am unable to get answer from the link you sent...Just tell me whether > it is possible or not. > In the document they mentioned that . is used as a seperator for a > table/column name...So Is it any way to use dot while creating a > table/database decibel=# create database "dot.test"; CREATE DATABASE decibel=# \c "dot.test" You are now connected to database "dot.test". dot.test=# Now, just because you can do this doesn't mean it's a very good idea... -- Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant jnasby@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461