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Problem using the column name 'from' in a MySQL query?
You cannot use ‘from’ as column name directly because ‘from’ is a reserved word in MySQL.
If you want to still use it, then you need to use the backtick symbol.
Let us first create a table −
mysql> create table DemoTable ( Id int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, `from` varchar(100), Name varchar(10) ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.92 sec)
Insert records in the table using insert command −
mysql> insert into DemoTable(`from`,Name) values('US','John'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.20 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable(`from`,Name) values('UK','Carol'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.14 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable(`from`,Name) values('AUS','David'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.12 sec)
Display all records from the table using select statement −
mysql> select * from DemoTable;
This will produce the following output −
+----+------+-------+ | Id | from | Name | +----+------+-------+ | 1 | US | John | | 2 | UK | Carol | | 3 | AUS | David | +----+------+-------+ 3 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Following is the query to use ‘from’ reserved word as column name −
mysql> select `from` from DemoTable;
This will produce the following output −
+------+ | from | +------+ | US | | UK | | AUS | +------+ 3 rows in set (0.00 sec)
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