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Asked: May 10, 20262026-05-10T18:46:00+00:00 2026-05-10T18:46:00+00:00

In SQL Server, why is this: [dbo].[table_name] preferable to this: dbo.table_name And along those

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In SQL Server, why is this:

[dbo].[table_name] 

preferable to this:

dbo.table_name 

And along those lines, why even list the dbo at all if there’s only one schema?

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  1. 2026-05-10T18:46:01+00:00Added an answer on May 10, 2026 at 6:46 pm

    It’s just in case you have a keyword as a tablename like [user]

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