Conventional identifiers
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Conventional identifiers
Conventional SQL identifiers must:
- Be limited to 32 characters
- Begin with an uppercase letter or lowercase letter
- Contain only letters (A-Z), digits (0-9), or the underscore character ( _ )
- Not contain a hyphen
- Not be reserved words, such as
CREATEorDROP - Only use ASCII characters only