mysql accepts utf-8 in latin-1 varchar, bad dates, etc. mysql is actually a fractal of bad design for data integrity. For SQL syntax, using bare strings as ide

mysql accepts utf-8 in latin-1 varchar, bad dates, etc. mysql is actually a fractal of bad design for data integrity. For SQL syntax, using bare strings as identifier may be a nightmare: `SELECT 1 'int'` is a column named int.