[Solved] Overcoming the reserved word “IN” in sql server [closed]

Question

Reserved words usually only cause problems if you’re using them as field names, and in that case you need to wrap them with brackets (“[]”) to eliminate the problem. I will amost guarantee you that your PlateState has some garbage in it, so you need to either trim it first (LTRIM(RTRIM(PlateState)) = ‘IN’) or use Like ‘%IN%’ instead, and this will return the results you expect.

Accepted Answer

Reserved words usually only cause problems if you’re using them as field names, and in that case you need to wrap them with brackets (“[]”) to eliminate the problem. I will amost guarantee you that your PlateState has some garbage in it, so you need to either trim it first (LTRIM(RTRIM(PlateState)) = ‘IN’) or use Like ‘%IN%’ instead, and this will return the results you expect.