phpmyadmin error #1064: error in SQL syntax

[Aron Standley]

When I enter:
CREATE DATABASE `cl_db`
DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8
COLLATE utf8_general_ci ;

phpmyadmin returns:
#1064 - You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ''cl_db' DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8 general ci' at line 1

What can I do to solve this, and keep building a database?

Thanks for your help!

[JKing]

I copy and pasted your statement into phpmyadmin and it ran without error.

I am using phpmyadmin 3.3.9

What version are you using? Are you still receiving this error?