# Quoting Table Names ActiveRecord adapter

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/quoting-table-names-activerecord-adapter/124570>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [December 30, 2007, 10:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/quoting-table-names-activerecord-adapter/124570 "2007-12-30T10:43:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![sushant](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@sushant](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sushant)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2007, 10:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/quoting-table-names-activerecord-adapter/124570/1 "2007-12-30T10:43:18Z")

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Hi all  
I am using mySQL server 5.0  
Using Rails, when I am generating scaffolds, the query that it hits to  
view fields is like:  
show fields from ‘table’  
The problem is it single-quotes the table name  
When I run the same query from mysql client, it shows a syntax error  
Please, help me

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**Author:** ![sushant](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@sushant](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sushant)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2007, 11:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/quoting-table-names-activerecord-adapter/124570/2 "2007-12-30T11:58:42Z")

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I figured out the problem. It isn’t single quote but back tick.  
Somehow the forms are not getting displayed.