Re: Is "name" a keyword?

It is not a keyword in Standard SQL, but it is too vague to be a column
or other data element name by itself

It is a modifier -- think about what it. Name?? Name of what?
Employee? Pet? Product? etc.

Also a field is a totally different concept from a column!.

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