Question

I tried testing T-SQL in sql server 2008. I have a table name tblStaff and 3 columns (UserType, UserName, and Password). I tried to select UserType from this table by using the following query:

SELECT UserType FROM tblStaff;

When executing, it produces error of “Invalid Column name 'UserType'“. I have no idea.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

There could be many reasons for this:

1 – on SQL server management studio make sure you are using that specific database … the default database your new query will execute on is “master” try this :
USE YOUR_DATABASE_NAME
SELECT UserType FROM tblStaff

2 – make sure you’re typing your tablename correctly

3- try using the full path for the table. for example “dbo.tblStaff”

hope this helps