Can we use “rank” as column name with MySQL8?

The rank is a MySQL reserved word defined in MySQL version 8.0.2. Therefore, you cannot use rank as a column name. You need to use backticks around the rank.

Let us first check the MySQL version we are working on. Here, I am using MySQL version 8.0.12 −

mysql> select version(); +-----------+ | version() | +-----------+ | 8.0.12    | +-----------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec)

The issues by using “rank” as column name are as follows −

mysql> create table DemoTable1596    -> (    -> Id int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,    -> StudentName varchar(20),    -> rank int    -> ); 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 'rank int )' at line 5

Above, an error is visible since we used reserved word as column name.

Let us first create a table and use backticks around “rank” to avoid error −

mysql> create table DemoTable1596    -> (    -> Id int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,    -> StudentName varchar(20),    -> `rank` int    -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.51 sec)

Insert some records in the table using insert command −

mysql> insert into DemoTable1596(StudentName,`rank`) values('Bob',4567); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.18 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable1596(StudentName,`rank`) values('David',1); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.17 sec)

Display all records from the table using select statement −

mysql> select * from DemoTable1596;

This will produce the following output −

+----+-------------+------+ | Id | StudentName | rank | +----+-------------+------+ |  1 | Bob         | 4567 | |  2 | David       |    1 | +----+-------------+------+ 2 rows in set (0.00 sec)