diff --git a/lib/core/common.py b/lib/core/common.py
index 5456c331e..cc0dc3c75 100644
--- a/lib/core/common.py
+++ b/lib/core/common.py
@@ -2743,7 +2743,7 @@ def safeSQLIdentificatorNaming(name, isTable=False):
         if _:
             retVal = re.sub(r"(?i)\A%s\." % DEFAULT_MSSQL_SCHEMA, "", retVal)
 
-        if not re.match(r"\A[A-Za-z0-9_@\$]+\Z", retVal):  # Reference: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/954884/what-special-characters-are-allowed-in-t-sql-column-retVal
+        if not re.match(r"\A[A-Za-z0-9_@.\$]+\Z", retVal):  # Reference: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/954884/what-special-characters-are-allowed-in-t-sql-column-retVal
             if Backend.getIdentifiedDbms() in (DBMS.MYSQL, DBMS.ACCESS):
                 retVal = "`%s`" % retVal.strip("`")
             elif Backend.getIdentifiedDbms() in (DBMS.ORACLE, DBMS.PGSQL, DBMS.DB2):