Error During using "INSERT INTO" SQL Query in Azure SQL Database

Question

I have created an Azure SQL Server with SQL Database, as well as a table in that database named table1 with columns ID, FirstName, LastName, and DOB. However, when I try to use this statement:

INSERT INTO table1(ID, FirstName, LastName, DOB)
VALUES (1, "Rohit", "Karthik", "8/2/06")

it outputs an error:

Failed to execute query. Error: Invalid column name 'Rohit'.
Invalid column name 'Karthik'.
Invalid column name '8/2/06'.

(BTW: ID is of type int, and all the others are of type varchar)

Shouldn't the above SQL query in SQL Server insert the new row in that table?

I am not sure why this error is coming, please help.

Answer 1

Use single quotes for literal strings. In standard SQL, double quotes stand for column names - hence the error that you are getting:

INSERT INTO table1(ID, FirstName, LastName, DOB)
VALUES (1, 'Rohit', 'Karthik', '8/2/06')

Also, assuming that DOB is of a date-like datatype, you should consider using a more standard format (such as YYYY-MM-DD, or YYYYMMDD) instead of relying on your server's ability to infer the format (although SQL Server is really good at it).