Switch from MySQL to MS SQL Server, Query not working

Question

I'm sure there is a simple setting somewhere for this, but cannot seem to find it and really would appreciate some assistance. Have an application which uses JDBC to connect to a MySQL DB to run the following query without an issue:
SELECT * FROM users
This returns the desired results. Changed to connect to MS SQL Server 2000 using the JDBC-ODBC bridge and the same query returns no results. The problem, SQL Server wants this query instead:
SELECT * FROM [users]
I don't want to have to change queries depending on the DB, as that is supposed to be one of the advantages of JDBC. Is there a setting in MySQL (or the JDBC driver) to have it work correctly if I pass table names in []? Or is there a setting in MS SQL Server (or in the JDBC, or ODBC) to have it accept queries without the []?
Or is there a different approach that I'm missing which would avoid this whole problem?
Thanks,
Matt

Answer 1

I suspect your database definitions are different. It has nothing to do with your java code.
The bracket syntax is used to indicate the more standard quoted identifiers in standard SQL.
Thus you could do this in oracle and in MS SQL Server...
SELECT * FROM "users"
I suspect that the above will work for your MS SQL Server database and will not work for your Oracle database. However if you created the table in oracle and specifically used "users" (with the double quotes around the name) when creating the table then it would work.
Of course if the database definitions are different it means you must use different SQL for each. Just as if the name of the table was 'other' rather than 'users'.