Sorry for the delay on my response…
OK So I attempted to run the SQL query & this is what I get back:
#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 ‘\option_value\
FROM \wp_options\
WHERE \option_name\ = ‘update_core’
LIMIT 0 ‘ at line 1
Don’t want to sound like a n00b here, but maybe I misunderstand what a backtick is? I assumed it was a back slash (not too good with SQL as you can see…)