Selecting a column that is also a keyword in MySQL?

To select a column that is also a keyword in MySQL, you need to use backticks around the column name. As you know select is a keyword in MySQL, consider column name as select when creating a new table.

Let us create a table:

mysql> create table DemoTable (`select` varchar(100)); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.53 sec)

Following is the query to insert some records in the table using insert command:

mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Records'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.18 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('All Data'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.15 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Information'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.32 sec)

Following is the query to display records from the table using select command:

mysql> select *from DemoTable;

This will produce the following output:

+-------------+ | select | +-------------+ | Records | | All Data | | Information | +-------------+ 3 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Following is the query to select a column that is also a keyword in MySQL:

mysql> select `select` from DemoTable;

This will produce the following output:

+-------------+ | select | +-------------+ | Records | | All Data | | Information | +-------------+ 3 rows in set (0.00 sec)