Different quote marks

[rouse]

I am new to MySQL and did not notice this before. In order to get the query to work I have to use two different quote marks. Notice that the single quotes on the left where I list the column names are from the keyboard key with the tilde `~ and the single quotes on the right are from the keyboard key with the double quotes ‘ “. This seems strange to me. What am I missing?
Thanks!

CREATE TABLE `indiant1_indiantreaty`.`events`
(`recordNum` INT (6) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY COMMENT 'unique record number',
`Type` VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL COMMENT 'xxxxx Could be an enumeration',
`eventName` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL COMMENT 'The name of event',
`aka` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL COMMENT 'Another name of the event',
`date` DATE NOT NULL COMMENT 'Date of the event',
`site` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL COMMENT 'site of the event',
`description` TINYTEXT NOT NULL COMMENT 'description of the event',
`Signers` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL COMMENT 'A list of signers',
`links` VARCHAR(255) COMMENT 'A list of significant links of signer',
`extra1` VARCHAR(255) COMMENT 'Temporary extra column',
`extra2` VARCHAR(255) COMMENT 'Temporary extra column',
`extra3` VARCHAR(255) COMMENT 'Temporary extra column'
) ENGINE = MYISAM COMMENT = 'Indian Signers Table';

[sasankasekhar]

1). You probably donot have the
`indiant1_indiantreaty` database
or
2). you already have the `events` table.

I ran your query and it showed no errors except for the database `indiant1_indiantreaty` didnot exist.

If it is case 1., create your database first, then execute the statement

If it is case 2. Drop table `event` and execute the query.

I hope I am correct and did not miss out anything.

Regards ...

[rouse]

The query is valid. The issue is the type of single quotes you have to use. Can you see the difference between ` and ' in the query example?
When I just use ‘ throughout the query I get an invalid query. I hope that makes sense.