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Asked: 2026-05-24T05:13:24+00:00

I’m new to SQL, so I apologize if this is a dumb question. When

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I’m new to SQL, so I apologize if this is a dumb question.

When do I need to use the brackets ‘[‘ and ‘]’ around schema and table names? Could I just use them always?

Now, suppose I did the following to create a table

CREATE TABLE [dbo].[table1] ([ID] VARCHAR(5))

This worked. I verified it by running a select statement. Suppose time goes on and I added a bunch of rows. Now if I want remove all the rows, should I be using delete or truncate? It seems I should be doing this

TRUNCATE [dbo].[table1]

But I keep getting incorrect syntax near ‘dbo’ or incorrect syntax near keyword TRUNCATE when I do this via jtds jdbc driver.

What am I missing with the syntax?

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  1. Editorial Team
    TRUNCATE [dbo].[table1]

    should be

    TRUNCATE TABLE [dbo].[table1]

    brackets are used to allow for invalid column names like then ones that start with a number or have spaces in them

    example

    CREATE TABLE [ ]([ ] INT)
INSERT [ ] VALUES(1)

SELECT [ ] FROM [ ]

    you can always use brackets, they are not required but guard against problematic column names

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