Hi Chris,

>That is correct. from BOL:
>
>These reserved keywords are new to SQL Server 7.0:
>
>BACKUP
>DENY
>PERCENT
>RESTORE
>TOP

Thanks for posting - my memory of what the problem was was a bit fuzzy.

Until this problem arose for us, I didn't have an opinion on field naming conventions. The time we wasted finding the cause of this bug in our application quickly changed my mind.

Best.

Matt.