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Asked: 2026-05-11T13:08:13+00:00

For some reason, my queries screw up when I write to a column of

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For some reason, my queries screw up when I write to a column of type ‘text’. Here is an example:

Describe messages;  Field         Type          Null  Key  Default  Extra id            int(11)       NO    PRI  NULL     auto_increment title         varchar(255)  YES        NULL  body          text          YES        NULL  to            text          YES        NULL  content_type  varchar(255)  YES        NULL  is_sms        tinyint(1)    YES        NULL  user_id       int(11)       YES        NULL  created_at    datetime      YES        NULL  updated_at    datetime      YES        NULL

Then I try an insert:

INSERT INTO messages (id,title,body,to) VALUES ('1','Test Message','This is a test message. This is a test message. This is a test message. This is a test message.', 'an email' );

For some reason this causes a general MySQL syntax error. The query works fine if I remove the ‘to’ column and it’s corresponding value from the query.

Any ideas?

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  1. ‘to’ is a reserved keyword in MySQL. You’ll need to rename your column.

    http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/reserved-words.html

    However, Reserved words are permitted as identifiers if you quote them.

    http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/identifiers.html

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