SQL Syntax Error: You have an error in your SQL syntax

Error Code / Stack Trace

Problem Overview

The SQL parser fails to execute a query due to invalid syntax, missing clauses, or unescaped characters.

Why Does This Happen?

• Using reserved SQL keywords as column names (e.g. `order`, `user`, `group`, `select`).
• Trailing comma before the FROM clause or closing parenthesis in CREATE TABLE.
• Unescaped single quotes inside text strings (e.g. 'O'Reilly').

Step-by-Step Solution

-- MySQL uses backticks:
SELECT `order`, `group` FROM `user_orders`;

-- PostgreSQL and ANSI SQL use double quotes:
SELECT "order", "group" FROM user_orders;

-- Prepared statement:
SELECT * FROM authors WHERE name = ?;