Syntax error while using ADO.NET with ASP.NET MVC

Question

I've been following this tutorial: http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/522226/ADO-NET-cplustheplusrightplusway

to learn more about ADO.NET inside ASP.NET MVC. But if I put the following code inside an action

var connectionString = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["StoreCon"].ConnectionString;
        var _connection = new SqlConnection(connectionString);
        _connection.Open();

        using (var command = _connection.CreateCommand())
        {
            command.CommandText = @"SELECT * FROM dbo.group";
            using (var reader = command.ExecuteReader())
            {
                Console.WriteLine(reader[1]);
            }
        }

and I try to run it, I get a syntax error, as the system says, somewhere around "keyword group ".

I'm new to MVC, so sorry if it's something trivial. I also added a connection string:-

<add name="StoreCon"
 connectionString=
   "Data Source=(LocalDb)\v11.0;
    AttachDbFilename=|DataDirectory|\Items.mdf;Integrated Security=True"
     providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />

and added a database called Items.mdf with a table called dbo.group with some rows named 'Name' and sample data.

Answer 1

First of all, you need to provide escape group with square brackets as it is a reserved keyword,

SELECT * FROM [dbo].[group]

and from your comments then you need to use DataReader.Read to retrieve the data like this for "Invalid attempt to read when no data is present" error.

using (var reader = command.ExecuteReader())
{
  while (reader.Read()) 
  {
   //your code here
  }
}

It would be better if you write a separate question for second error.

Answer 2

group is a reserved word in SQL, so you need to escape it with square brakets:

SELECT * FROM [dbo].[group]

Generally it is a good practice to escape all literal names you use in your query, to avoid such issues.