For you guys to ponder: the Zend framework doesn't currently quote the column names in it's (My)SQL queries. This gives issues when using "special" characters in those names and thus I found myself haphazardly adding them: From: Zend/Db/Select.php

    public function __toString()
    {
        //unchanged parts
 
        // add columns
        /** WH: Updated to quote column names in back-ticks (`). Needed for '-' in a column name.
         * Note that I am not sure how databases other than MySQL respond to those back-ticks.
         * Note also how - probably inefficiently - the select is for all columns by name, rather than *.
         * @todo: find a way to do this without altering the library code.
         */
        if ($this->_parts['cols']) {
            $sql .= '`'. implode("`,\n\t`", $this->_parts['cols']) . "`\n";
        }
 
        //more unchanged parts
    }

If this affects other database systems differently than MySQL, then I dunno how / where this had best be done. If it doesn't hurt any of them, then please implement right away. :D I'm very exited about this development. PHP really lacks a "master" framework (like Ruby's Rails or some of Java's frameworks). I think the future success of the language rides on it (now that PHP5 already covers most other wishes). With kind regards, Wim Heemskerk