MySQL query error with a table named “order”?

The order is a reserved word. To still use a reserved word, you need to use backticks around the column name. Let us first create a table −

mysql> create table `order`
   -> (
   -> StudentId int
   -> );
Query OK, 0 rows affected (1.78 sec)

Insert some records in the table using insert command −

mysql> insert into `order` values(101);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.26 sec)
mysql> insert into `order` values(210);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.18 sec)
mysql> insert into `order` values(190);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.28 sec)
mysql> insert into `order` values(180);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.46 sec)
mysql> insert into `order` values(205);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.28 sec)

Display all records from the table using select statement −

mysql> select *from `order`;

This will produce the following output −

+-----------+
| StudentId |
+-----------+
|       101 |
|       210 |
|       190 |
|       180 |
|       205 |
+-----------+
5 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Here is the query to use ‘order’ as table name using backticks −

mysql> select *from `order` order by StudentId desc limit 1;

This will produce the following output −

+-----------+
| StudentId |
+-----------+
|       210 |
+-----------+
1 row in set (0.03 sec)