diff --git a/bulkcopy.go b/bulkcopy.go
index be8398b1..1bec4ae5 100644
--- a/bulkcopy.go
+++ b/bulkcopy.go
@@ -98,11 +98,12 @@ func (b *Bulk) sendBulkCommand(ctx context.Context) (err error) {
 
 	//columns definitions
 	var col_defs bytes.Buffer
+	q := TSQLQuoter{}
 	for i, col := range b.bulkColumns {
 		if i != 0 {
 			col_defs.WriteString(", ")
 		}
-		col_defs.WriteString("[" + col.ColName + "] " + makeDecl(col.ti))
+		col_defs.WriteString(q.ID(col.ColName) + " " + makeDecl(col.ti))
 	}
 
 	//options
diff --git a/bulkcopy_test.go b/bulkcopy_test.go
index 180b8c96..e1f550ef 100644
--- a/bulkcopy_test.go
+++ b/bulkcopy_test.go
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ func testBulkcopy(t *testing.T, guidConversion bool) {
 		{"test_int16nvarchar", int16(1234), "1234"},
 		{"test_int8nvarchar", int8(12), "12"},
 		{"test_intnvarchar", 1234, "1234"},
+		{"test_[]{}?@!#$%^&*()_+-=~'\\\";:/.,<>|\\ ", 1, nil}, // col name escaping check
 	}
 
 	columns := make([]string, len(testValues))
@@ -265,8 +266,14 @@ func testBulkcopy(t *testing.T, guidConversion bool) {
 		t.Errorf("unexpected row count %d", rowCount)
 	}
 
+	q := TSQLQuoter{}
+	selectColumns := make([]string, len(columns))
+	for i, col := range columns {
+		selectColumns[i] = q.ID(col)
+	}
+
 	//data verification
-	rows, err := conn.QueryContext(ctx, "select "+strings.Join(columns, ",")+" from "+tableName)
+	rows, err := conn.QueryContext(ctx, "select "+strings.Join(selectColumns, ",")+" from "+tableName)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -435,6 +442,8 @@ func setupTable(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, conn *sql.Conn, tableName str
 	[test_nullint32] [int] NULL,
 	[test_nullint16] [smallint] NULL,
 	[test_nulltime] [datetime] NULL,
+
+	[test_[]]{}?@!#$%^&*()_+-=~'\";:/.,<>|\ ] [int] NULL,
  CONSTRAINT [PK_` + tableName + `_id] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
 (
 	[id] ASC
diff --git a/lastinsertid_example_test.go b/lastinsertid_example_test.go
index 260b44ec..239b1ab6 100644
--- a/lastinsertid_example_test.go
+++ b/lastinsertid_example_test.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // This example shows the usage of Connector type
-func ExampleLastInsertId() {
+func ExampleResult_LastInsertId() {
 
 	connString := makeConnURL().String()