Use reserved keyword in SQL query

In this article, We will see how to use reserved keyword in SQL query. There are couple of scenarios when customer has table fields which are reserved keyword such as select, date, max and group.

Reserved Keywords

Here is the list of reserved keyword list

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/t-sql/language-elements/reserved-keywords-transact-sql?view=sql-server-ver15

How to use reserved keyword in SQL query

Wrap the column name in brackets like so, group becomes [group].

select [group] from table;

It is also possible to use the following (useful when querying multiple tables):

select table.[group] from table;

Summary

In this way, we can use reserved keyword by wrapping [] bracket for reserved field in SQL query.

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