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davidR
Starting Member

5 Posts

Posted - 2008-04-24 : 19:48:56

In SQL Sever 2005, I am trying to retrieve data using this simple query from a table called 'User':

select *
from dbo.User
where UserID='sam'

And, I keep getting the following error:
Msg 156, Level 15, State 1, Line 2
Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'User'.

Thank you for your help

tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess

38200 Posts

Posted - 2008-04-24 : 19:54:38

User is a reserved word, so you have to surround the name with square brackets.

select *
from dbo.[User]
where UserID='sam'

Tara Kizer
Microsoft MVP for Windows Server System - SQL Server
http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/tarad/

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