Generally speaking, MindsDB SQL attempts to follow the syntax conventions of MySQL and PostgreSQL. The following sections describe some common conventions of MindsDB SQL.

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Single/Double Quotes & Backticks

Identifiers (databases, tables, and column names) with special characters or reserved words must use the backtick ”`”: 
SELECT * FROM `select` WHERE `select`.id > 100;

SELECT * FROM `select-DATABASE` WHERE `select-DATABASE`.id > 100;
String values are represented by single and double quotes: 
SELECT * FROM table_name WHERE table_name.column_name = 'string';
SELECT * FROM table_name WHERE table_name.column_name = "string";

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Parentheses

SQL statements can be nested with parentheses: 
SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM table_name WHERE table_name.column_name = 'string') ;