What's wrong with this MySQL query — db won't accept?

Question

I have the following MySQL query:

INSERT INTO 12:12:12:12:12(timestamp,niceTime,temperature,relative_humidity,wind_speed,gust_speed,rain_mm_per_hour,nsew,str,ip) VALUES(1361707978,'2013-02-24T12:12:58+00:00',0.0,0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0,'1010101010101010','0')

The name of the table is "12:12:12:12:12".

Here is the schema:

"CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `$mac` (
  `timestamp` int(11) NOT NULL,
  `niceTime` varchar(20) NOT NULL,
  `temperature` float NOT NULL,
  `relative_humidity` int(11) NOT NULL,
  `wind_speed` float NOT NULL,
  `gust_speed` float NOT NULL,
  `rain_mm_per_hour` float NOT NULL,
  `nsew` int(11) NOT NULL,
  `str` varchar(1000) NOT NULL,
  `ip` varchar(20) NOT NULL
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;"

No matter what I do, I cannot get the query to be accepted ;(

Query failed: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '12:12:12:12:12(timestamp,niceTime,temperature,relative_humidity,wind_speed,gust_' at line 1

Many thanks in advance,

Answer 1

you will use backticks like that to your table name 12:12:12:12:12

try this

   INSERT INTO `12:12:12:12:12`(timestamp,niceTime,temperature,relative_humidity,wind_speed,gust_speed,rain_mm_per_hour,nsew,str,ip) VALUES(1361707978,'2013-02-24T12:12:58+00:00',0.0,0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0,'1010101010101010','0'

EDIT.

Rules for naming objects, including tables in MySql:

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/identifiers.html

Identifiers may begin with a digit but unless quoted may not consist solely of digits.

The identifier quote character is the backtick (“`”):

Answer 2

Use backticks around identifiers, especially when using such unconventional table names:

INSERT INTO `12:12:12:12:12`(timestamp,niceTime,temperature,relative_humidity,wind_speed,gust_speed,rain_mm_per_hour,nsew,str,ip)
VALUES(1361707978,'2013-02-24T12:12:58+00:00',0.0,0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0,'1010101010101010','0')