Table names are limited to 31 characters. If a table name contains a period (a practice that is permitted but not recommended), the name must be enclosed within grave accent marks ` (ASCII value 96), for example, `filename.ext`. This escape syntax prevents clashes between the table name and reserved words, such as SQL keywords. For more information, see SQL Syntax.

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