c# - Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'Transaction'

Question

I am using SQL Server Management Studio 2008 and writing the following query

INSERT INTO Transaction (TransactionType, AccountID, HolderName, Amount, CurrDate) 
VALUES ('Cash Withdrawal', '25', 'abc', '1000', 'abc');

and the script for table is

SELECT TOP 1000 [ID]
      ,[TransactionType]
      ,[AccountID]
      ,[HolderName]
      ,[Amount]
      ,[CurrDate]
  FROM [ATMSoftware].[dbo].[Transaction]

and ID is the primary key and auto incremented. But I am getting the error on the insert query

Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'Transaction'.

Please help me

Regards

Answer 1

Transaction is a reserved keyword in SQL Server. You need to enclose the table name in [] to tell SQL Server it is a name and not a keyword:

INSERT INTO [Transaction] 
       (TransactionType,AccountID,HolderName,Amount,CurrDate) 
VALUES 
       ('Cash Withdrawal','25','abc','1000','abc');