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Asked: May 10, 20262026-05-10T16:28:52+00:00 2026-05-10T16:28:52+00:00

Why are some keywords highlighted blue and some gray in SQL Server Management Studio?

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Why are some keywords highlighted blue and some gray in SQL Server Management Studio?

And why does the UNION keyword highlight as gray when connected to a SQL Server 2000 database, but blue when connected to a SQL Server 2005 database?

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  1. 2026-05-10T16:28:53+00:00Added an answer on May 10, 2026 at 4:28 pm

    They are reserved words. We have a table called Order in our production DB (Before I started!), which is annoying.

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    Sorry, misread you. Blue = Keyword, Gray = Operator. Full list of colpurs: http://www.informit.com/guides/content.aspx?g=sqlserver&seqNum=177 about halfway down.

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