Selecting a column that is also a keyword in MySQL
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For some reason, the developers at a new company I'm working for decided to name their columns "ignore" and "exists". Now when I run MySQL queries with those words in the where clause, I get a syntax error; however, I can't seem to figure out how to reference those columns without running into an error. I tried setting them as strings, but that doesn't make any sense.
Help?
Also, is there a term for this kind of mismatch?
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