How to deal with SQL column names that look like SQL keywords?

Question

One of my columns is called from. I can\'t change the name because I didn\'t make it. Am I allowed to do something like SELECT from FROM TableName

Answer 1

You can put your column name in bracket like:

Select  [from] from < ur_tablename>

Or

Put in a temprary table then use as you like.
Example:

Declare @temp_table table(temp_from varchar(max))

Insert into @temp_table
Select * from your_tablename

Here I just assume that your_tablename contains only one column (i.e. from).