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Hyphen in server name causes incorrect syntax error

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MELc

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Aug 14, 2002
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The SQL query below fails with incorrect syntax error. Is there a workaround without changing the server name? The server is a linked server.

SELECT * FROM server-1.msdb.dbo.backupset

Your help is appreciated.
 
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