SQL Error: Incorrect Syntax near the keyword User

Question

I am trying to write my first SQL query against a database to pull a list of users. I am using Crystal Reports, and when I go thru the report builder and then run it I get the above error.

When I look at the SQL Query I see this:

SELECT
    User."Disabled", User."UserName"
FROM
    "Database"."dbo"."User" User           
ORDER BY
    User."UserName" ASC

I saw other articles saying user needs to be in Brackets so I did this:

SELECT
    User."Disabled", User."UserName"
FROM
    "Database"."dbo"."User" [User]           
ORDER BY
    User."UserName" ASC

When I do that I then get an error message that says:

Cannot call methods on nvarchar

Can someone please help me figure out what I am doing wrong here?

Thanks,

Answer 1

Why are you using double quotes at all? I would start with:

SELECT u.Disabled, u.UserName
FROM Database.dbo.User u           
ORDER BY u.UserName ASC

You don't specify your database, but words like User are often reserved words, so they make a poor choice for an identifier name.

Answer 2

Like it was suggest in error message: User is keyword. You can replace User alias you are using with simple u . Like:

SELECT u."Disabled", u."UserName"
  FROM "Database"."dbo"."User" u           
 ORDER BY u."UserName" ASC