>Hello,
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>I have a column/field named "OPTION". I have noticed that in SQL Server this name is enclosed in square brackets "[]". Therefore I presume that this name is reserved. Therefore the column named "OPTION" is ok.
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>But the problem I have is when I created a SQL Command and pass it to the SQL Server via SPT, I get error "near keyword [option]".
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>How can I include name OPTION in the SQL Select so that SQL Server will allow it? Here is a segment of the SQL Select I have:
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>... ISNULL( mytable.option, CAST('' as CHAR(8))) as OPTION
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>Thank you in advance for any help.

You can try

ISNULL( mytable.option, CAST('' as CHAR(8))) as "OPTION" or try [] if the first option would not work.