MySQL reserved keywords break UI

If you are unfortunate enough to use a MySQL reserved keyword as a column name when creating a table, the column is added, but all further interaction with the field breaks (see eg. http://blog.ericlamb.net/2009/07/mysql-reserved-keywords/). This is unsurprising, as db_query() doesn't check for reserved queries and escape them with backticks.

If the UI is intended for more general use (rather than technical programmers) then should we validate column names against the keywords list (http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysqld-version-reference/en/mysqld-version-refe...)?