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steven7 NO[at]SPAM xs4all.nl
7/13/2003 6:39:10 AM

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Hi,

I'am trying a very simple sql statement but it does not work.
I use the SQL version 8.0
I use the "Northwind" sample database and the Table "Employees".

The sql statement is:

SELECT * From Employees Where City = "London"

The returned message is:

Server: Msg 207, Level 16, State 3, Line 1
Invalid column name 'London'.

Can somebody tell me what could be wrong?
Greetings,

Re: SQL version 8.0 - Invalid column name

John Bell
7/13/2003 3:22:54 PM

Hi

This is because of the QUOTED IDENTIFIERS setting being ON

either set them off
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER OFF
SELECT * From Employees Where City = "London"

or
SELECT * From Employees Where City = 'London'

For more information see Books online or
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/tsqlref/ts_set-set_9jxu.asp?frame=true

John

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Re: SQL version 8.0 - Invalid column name

Matt
7/15/2003 10:54:43 AM

Steven,

Use single quotes. The correct statement is

SELECT * FROM Employees WHERE City = 'London'

HTH

Matt

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