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Below is an alphabetical list of words reserved by Apollo SQL. Avoid using these reserved words for the names of tables or columns or columns alias. If you must use a reserved word as a column name within a SELECT statement, you can surround the reserved word in brackets "[ ]" to identify it as not to be evaluated as a keyword.
For example, using a field called DATE, which is a reserved word, you could do this:
Example 1
SELECT [date] FROM test
Example 2
SELECT a.first AS [First Name],
a.last AS [Last Name],
a.[date] AS [Date]
FROM test a
WHERE (a.[date] >= '01/31/2015')
ORDER BY a.[date] DESC
 In the case of a table that contains a field with a name that is a reserved word, issuing a SELECT * is not a problem, since the field name itself is not included in the SELECT statement.
 In the case of a table that contains a field with a name that is a reserved word, issuing a SELECT * is not a problem, since the field name itself is not included in the SELECT statement.
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