Is "Date" a reserved keyword of Microsoft Access?

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I can't insert a record into a table with the field name date and type date
by ODBC driver, but I can after I changed the field name from date to
anything else. So is it because date is a keyword of Access or any other
reasons?

 

[Sylvain Lafontaine]

Date is a reserved word but you can use it as a name by enclosed it with
delimiters [], as in [Date]. However, I won't recommend this practice.

S. L.

 

[Tom Wickerath]

I agree with Sylvain that you should avoid using reserved words. Here are some articles worth
reading:

Reserved Words in Microsoft Access
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=286335

List of reserved words in Jet 4.0
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=321266

Special characters that you must avoid when you work with Access databases
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=826763

Commonly used naming conventions
http://www.mvps.org/access/general/gen0012.htm
http://www.xoc.net/standards/default.asp


Tom
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"Sylvain Lafontaine" <sylvain aei ca (fill the blanks, no spam please)> wrote in message

Date is a reserved word but you can use it as a name by enclosed it with
delimiters [], as in [Date]. However, I won't recommend this practice.

S. L.

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I can't insert a record into a table with the field name date and type date
by ODBC driver, but I can after I changed the field name from date to
anything else. So is it because date is a keyword of Access or any other
reasons?