Yes, I agree, that is one way to solve this problem. Another would be to check if the column name matches [A-Za-z_][A-Za-z_0-9]* If not, then quote. Anoth

Yes, I agree, that is one way to solve this problem. Another would be to check if the column name matches [A-Za-z_][A-Za-z_0-9]* If not, then quote. Another reason to quote things is the madness around various SQL dialect's understanding of case-insensitivity. When quoted, case-sensitivity is enforced.