What am I missing in this SQL?

Question

I've written some SQL for a MySQL database.

SELECT U.Id, U.Name, U.Surname 
  FROM match M 
 INNER JOIN created_by C 
    ON C.MatchId = M.Id 
 INNER JOIN user U 
    ON U.Id = C.UserId 
 WHERE M.Id = 3

I'm going crazy because it doesn't seem wrong but the interpreter says there is a syntax error here near 'match M INNER JOIN created_by C ON C.MatchId=M.Id INNER JOIN user U O'.

Thanks for any advice.

possible duplicate of [Syntax error due to using a reserved word as a table or column name in MySQL](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23446377/syntax-error-due-to-using-a-reserved-word-as-a-table-or-column-name-in-mysql) — Ian Ringrose, May 06 '14 at 10:12

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 03 '12 at 19:16

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MATCH is a MySQL reserved keyword. Enclose it in backticks if you intend to use it as a column or table name.

SELECT U.Id, U.Name, U.Surname 
  FROM `match` M

answered Mar 03 '12 at 19:16

Michael Berkowski

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score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 03 '12 at 19:19

I think ~~user &~~ match is an reserved keyword. You need to escape it. Try the following query

SELECT U.Id, U.Name, U.Surname 
  FROM `match` M 
 INNER JOIN `created_by` C 
    ON C.MatchId = M.Id 
 INNER JOIN `user` U 
    ON U.Id = C.UserId 
 WHERE M.Id = 3

What am I missing in this SQL?

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