CREATE DATABASE federated; CREATE DATABASE federated; CREATE TABLE t1 ( `id` int(20) primary key, `group` int NOT NULL default 1, `a\\b` int NOT NULL default 2, `a\\` int unsigned, `name` varchar(32) default 'name') DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1; CREATE TABLE t1 ENGINE=FEDERATED CONNECTION='mysql://root@127.0.0.1:SLAVE_PORT/test/t1'; SHOW CREATE TABLE t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `id` int(20) NOT NULL, `group` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT '1', `a\\b` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT '2', `a\\` int(10) unsigned DEFAULT NULL, `name` varchar(32) DEFAULT 'name', PRIMARY KEY (`id`) ) ENGINE=FEDERATED DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 CONNECTION='mysql://root@127.0.0.1:SLAVE_PORT/test/t1' INSERT INTO t1 (id, name) VALUES (1, 'foo'); INSERT INTO t1 (id, name) VALUES (2, 'fee'); SELECT * FROM t1; id group a\\b a\\ name 1 1 2 NULL foo 2 1 2 NULL fee DROP TABLE t1; SELECT * FROM t1; id group a\\b a\\ name 1 1 2 NULL foo 2 1 2 NULL fee DROP TABLE t1; DROP TABLE IF EXISTS federated.t1; DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS federated; DROP TABLE IF EXISTS federated.t1; DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS federated;