Question

The error I am receiving is “Incorrect syntax near ‘user'” – however, I cannot see anything wrong with my code – does anyone have any ideas?

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    string db = "";
    db = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["myConnection"].ConnectionString;
    SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(db);
    con.Open();

    SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand();
    cmd.CommandText = "SELECT * FROM user";
    cmd.Connection = con;
    SqlDataReader dr;
    dr = cmd.ExecuteReader();
    while (dr.Read())
    {
        Response.Write(dr[0].ToString());
        Response.Write(dr[1].ToString());
        Response.Write(dr[2].ToString());
        Response.Write(dr[3].ToString());
    }

    con.Close();
}

Answer 1

Try this

"SELECT * FROM [user]";

user is a keyword/reserved word. I guess that’s the problem. I always end up using USERS instead of user. Try as much as possible to avoid using reserved words as column names, table names, etc. Use them whenever you can’t avoid it