MySQL throws an error when the table name “match” is not surrounded by single quotes?


Do not use single quotes. You need to use backticks around the table name match, since it is a reserved name in MySQL. Following is the error that occurs :

mysql> select *from match;
ERROR 1064 (42000) : You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'match' at line 1

Let us first create a table and fix the occurrence of the above error using backticks around the reserved word match, used here as table name −

mysql> create table `match`
(
   Id int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
   PlayerName varchar(20)
);
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.62 sec)

Insert some records in the table using insert command. Now, wherever the reserved word is used, surround with backticks −

mysql> insert into `match`(PlayerName) values('Chris');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.13 sec)
mysql> insert into `match`(PlayerName) values('Bob');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.16 sec)
mysql> insert into `match`(PlayerName) values('David');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.24 sec)
mysql> insert into `match`(PlayerName) values('Mike');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.15 sec)
mysql> insert into `match`(PlayerName) values('Sam');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.14 sec)

Display all records from the table using select statement −

mysql> select *from `match`;

This will produce the following output −

+----+------------+
| Id | PlayerName |
+----+------------+
|  1 | Chris      |
|  2 | Bob        |
|  3 | David      |
|  4 | Mike       |
|  5 | Sam        |
+----+------------+
5 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Updated on: 07-Oct-2019

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