drop database if exists test; create database test; use test; CREATE TABLE t ( `No.` varchar(16) NOT NULL DEFAULT '', `foo.bar` varchar(16), PRIMARY KEY (`No.`) ) ENGINE=MyISAM; insert into t values ('one', 'a'), ('two', 'a'), ('three', 'a'), ('four', 'a'), ('five', 'a'), ('six', 'a'), ('seven', 'a'), ('eight', 'a'), ('nine', 'a'), ('ten', 'a');