Question

I want to run a query on both Oracle and SQL Server. The problem I have is that the query inserts into a column called PERCENT which I believe is a keyword in SQL Server.

A straight insert like this fails on SQL Server

INSERT INTO testtable
  (PERCENT,VALUE) 
VALUES
  (50,'test');

To overcome the above SQL Server allows it if it is changed to one of the following

INSERT INTO testtable
  ([PERCENT],[VALUE]) 
VALUES
  (50,'test');

INSERT INTO testtable
  ("PERCENT","VALUE") 
VALUES
  (50,'test');

The problem now is that Oracle does not support any of the above formats. Oracle only allows this format:

INSERT INTO testtable
  (PERCENT,VALUE) 
VALUES
  (50,'test');

Is there a way I can run the above query in both Oracle and SQL Server without any problems?

Answer 1

Actually Oracle does support this format:

insert into testtable("PERCENT","VALUE") values(50,'test');

Here is a direct paste from my SQL Plus session:

SQL> create table testtable (percent number, value varchar2(20));

Table created.

SQL> insert into testtable ("PERCENT", "VALUE") values (50, 'test');

1 row created.