Jamis Buck wrote: > Seems to me the "standard" (as if there were really a reliable SQL > standard) is to double quote column and table names (if quoting is > needed), and single quote string literals: > > UPDATE the_table > SET "group" = 'test' > WHEN id=1 SQL Server also support putting the column name (or anything else, for that matter) in brackets: UPDATE [mydb].[dbo].[the_table] SET [group[] = 'test' WHEN [Id] = 1 and the like... -- She drove a Plymouth Satellite Faster than the Speed of Light... http://www.joeygibson.com/blog http://www.joeygibson.com/blog/life/Wisdom.html Atlanta Ruby User Group http://www.AtlRUG.org