ACC2000: Reserved Words in Microsoft Access
ID: Q209187
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The information in this article applies to:
Novice: Requires knowledge of the user interface on single-user computers.
This article applies to a Microsoft Access database (.mdb) and a Microsoft Access project (.adp).
SUMMARY
This article lists words and symbols that should be avoided in field,
object, and variable names because they are "reserved words," words that
have a specific meaning to Microsoft Access or the Microsoft Jet database
engine. If you use a reserved word or symbol, you may receive an error
such as the following:
The wizard was unable to preview your report, possibly because a table needed by your report is exclusively locked.
For existing objects with names that contain reserved words, you can avoid
errors by surrounding the object name with brackets ([ ]).
MORE INFORMATION
Because it is not practical to provide a list of all reserved words, such
as built-in function names or Microsoft Access user-defined names, please
check your product documentation for additional reserved words. Note
that if you set a reference to a type library, an object library, or an
ActiveX control, that library's reserved words are also reserved words
in your database. For example, if you add an ActiveX control to a form,
a reference is set, and the names of the objects, methods, and
properties of that control become reserved words in your database.
-A
ADD
ALL
Alphanumeric
ALTER
AND
ANY
Application
AS
ASC
Assistant
AUTOINCREMENT
Avg
-B
BETWEEN
BINARY
BIT
BOOLEAN
BY
BYTE
-C
CHAR, CHARACTER
COLUMN
CompactDatabase
CONSTRAINT
Container
Count
COUNTER
CREATE
CreateDatabase
CreateField
CreateGroup
CreateIndex
CreateObject
CreateProperty
CreateRelation
CreateTableDef
CreateUser
CreateWorkspace
CURRENCY
CurrentUser
-D
DATABASE
DATE
DATETIME
DELETE
DESC
Description
DISALLOW
DISTINCT
DISTINCTROW
Document
DOUBLE
DROP
-E
Echo
Else
End
Eqv
Error
EXISTS
Exit
-F
FALSE
Field, Fields
FillCache
FLOAT, FLOAT4, FLOAT8
FOREIGN
Form, Forms
FROM
Full
FUNCTION
-G
GENERAL
GetObject
GetOption
GotoPage
GROUP
GROUP BY
GUID
-H
HAVING
-I
Idle
IEEEDOUBLE, IEEESINGLE
If
IGNORE
Imp
IN, In
INDEX
Index, Indexes
INNER
INSERT
InsertText
INT, INTEGER, INTEGER1, INTEGER2, INTEGER4
INTO
IS, Is
-J
JOIN
-K
KEY
-L
LEFT
Level
Like
LOGICAL, LOGICAL1
LONG, LONGBINARY, LONGTEXT
-M
Match
Max, Min, Mod
MEMO
MONEY
Move
-N
NAME
NewPassword
NO
Not
NULL
NUMBER, NUMERIC
-O
Object
OLEOBJECT
OFF
ON
OpenRecordset
OPTION
OR, Or
ORDER
Outer
OWNERACCESS
-P
Parameter
PARAMETERS
Partial
PERCENT
PIVOT
PRIMARY
PROCEDURE
Property
-Q
Quit
-R
REAL
Recalc
Recordset
REFERENCES
Refresh
RefreshLink
RegisterDatabase
Relation
Repaint
RepairDatabase
Reports
Requery
RIGHT
-S
SCREEN
SECTION
SELECT)
SET
SetFocus
SetOption
SHORT
SINGLE
SMALLINT
SOME
SQL
StDev, StDevP
STRING
Sum
-T
TABLE
TableDef, TableDefs
TableID
TEXT
TIME, TIMESTAMP
TOP
TRANSFORM
TRUE
-U
UNION
UNIQUE
UPDATE
-V
VALUE
VALUES
Var, VarP
VARBINARY, VARCHAR
-W
WHERE
WITH
Workspace
-X
Xor
-Y
YES
YESNO
The following symbols should not be used as part of a field name:
.
/
*
:
!
#
&
-
REFERENCES
For more information about reserved words, search the Help Index for
"reserved words."
Additional query words:
misc event
Keywords : kbdta TblFldp
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbinfo