parse error on alter table in MySQL using MAMP

Question

I am using MAMP with MySQL server ver 5.5.42.

When I do an Alter table using phpMyAdmin on the MAMP server:

ALTER TABLE config DROP COLUMN 132

I get

#1064 - 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 'config' DROP COLUMN 132' at line 1

Where is the problem ?

Answer 1

Turns out it should be:

ALTER TABLE `config` DROP COLUMN `132`

`--> the accent or backquote character on the tilde key. :|