Select from table named as MySQL keyword

Question

I have table created by ORM named 'key'. 'key' is MySQL keyword so I cannot select it just SELECT * FROM key;.

How to perform select from table named 'key' in MySQL?

Answer 1

Try to escape your table name with backticks `

SELECT * FROM `key`

This will make your database understand key is a table

Answer 2

you can do

select * from [key]