Hibernate - You have an error in your SQL syntax

If you see following error, it could just be, that you use one of the MySQL reserved words.

ERROR 1064 (42000) at line: You have an error in your SQL syntax

Hibernate Example

@Entity
@Table(name = "user")
@NamedQuery(name = "getAllUsers", query = "SELECT u FROM User u")
public class User {
  
  /** The id. */
  @Id
  @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
  private int id;

  /** /The user name. */
  private String name;

  /** Creation Date. */
  private Date create;
}

The example contains a variable called “create” which is reserved by MySQL and can not be used.
Please be aware that MySQL have a lot of those:

Reserved Words
ACCESSIBLE	ADD	ALL
ALTER	ANALYZE	AND
AS	ASC	ASENSITIVE
BEFORE	BETWEEN	BIGINT
BINARY	BLOB	BOTH
BY	CALL	CASCADE
CASE	CHANGE	CHAR
CHARACTER	CHECK	COLLATE
COLUMN	CONDITION	CONSTRAINT
CONTINUE	CONVERT	CREATE
CROSS	CURRENT_DATE	CURRENT_TIME
CURRENT_TIMESTAMP	CURRENT_USER	CURSOR
DATABASE	DATABASES	DAY_HOUR
DAY_MICROSECOND	DAY_MINUTE	DAY_SECOND
DEC	DECIMAL	DECLARE
DEFAULT	DELAYED	DELETE
DESC	DESCRIBE	DETERMINISTIC
DISTINCT	DISTINCTROW	DIV
DOUBLE	DROP	DUAL
EACH	ELSE	ELSEIF
ENCLOSED	ESCAPED	EXISTS
EXIT	EXPLAIN	FALSE
FETCH	FLOAT	FLOAT4
FLOAT8	FOR	FORCE
FOREIGN	FROM	FULLTEXT
GRANT	GROUP	HAVING
HIGH_PRIORITY	HOUR_MICROSECOND	HOUR_MINUTE
HOUR_SECOND	IF	IGNORE
IN	INDEX	INFILE
INNER	INOUT	INSENSITIVE
INSERT	INT	INT1
INT2	INT3	INT4
INT8	INTEGER	INTERVAL
INTO	IS	ITERATE
JOIN	KEY	KEYS
KILL	LEADING	LEAVE
LEFT	LIKE	LIMIT
LINEAR	LINES	LOAD
LOCALTIME	LOCALTIMESTAMP	LOCK
LONG	LONGBLOB	LONGTEXT
LOOP	LOW_PRIORITY	MASTER_SSL_VERIFY_SERVER_CERT
MATCH	MAXVALUE	MEDIUMBLOB
MEDIUMINT	MEDIUMTEXT	MIDDLEINT
MINUTE_MICROSECOND	MINUTE_SECOND	MOD
MODIFIES	NATURAL	NOT
NO_WRITE_TO_BINLOG	NULL	NUMERIC
ON	OPTIMIZE	OPTION
OPTIONALLY	OR	ORDER
OUT	OUTER	OUTFILE
PRECISION	PRIMARY	PROCEDURE
PURGE	RANGE	READ
READS	READ_WRITE	REAL
REFERENCES	REGEXP	RELEASE
RENAME	REPEAT	REPLACE
REQUIRE	RESIGNAL	RESTRICT
RETURN	REVOKE	RIGHT
RLIKE	SCHEMA	SCHEMAS
SECOND_MICROSECOND	SELECT	SENSITIVE
SEPARATOR	SET	SHOW
SIGNAL	SMALLINT	SPATIAL
SPECIFIC	SQL	SQLEXCEPTION
SQLSTATE	SQLWARNING	SQL_BIG_RESULT
SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS	SQL_SMALL_RESULT	SSL
STARTING	STRAIGHT_JOIN	TABLE
TERMINATED	THEN	TINYBLOB
TINYINT	TINYTEXT	TO
TRAILING	TRIGGER	TRUE
UNDO	UNION	UNIQUE
UNLOCK	UNSIGNED	UPDATE
USAGE	USE	USING
UTC_DATE	UTC_TIME	UTC_TIMESTAMP
VALUES	VARBINARY	VARCHAR
VARCHARACTER	VARYING	WHEN
WHERE	WHILE	WITH
WRITE	XOR	YEAR_MONTH
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