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Asked: 2026-05-24T02:54:43+00:00

I am trying to make a MySQL query with keywords in it. Is there

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I am trying to make a MySQL query with keywords in it. Is there any way to encapsulate these keywords so that I can use them anyway?

Here’s the query that won’t execute:

INSERT INTO PendingPasswordRecovery (key, userID, TimeModified, TimeCreated, TimeDeleted, IsDeleted) VALUES ('test123', 1, '2011-07-26 16:26:56', '2011-07-26 16:26:56', '1000-01-01 00:00:00', false)

As you have probably guessed already, “key” is the keyword that I am using in the query, and it is unfortunately also the name of the column I want to use.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Use backticks: 

    INSERT INTO PendingPasswordRecovery (`key`, `userID`, `TimeModified`, `TimeCreated`, `TimeDeleted`, `IsDeleted`) VALUES ('test123', 1, '2011-07-26 16:26:56', '2011-07-26 16:26:56', '1000-01-01 00:00:00', false)

    I have added backticks to all column names but you could just do it for the keyword. The backticks are called “identifier quote characters“. For more information, see: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/reserved-words.html and http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/identifiers.html

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