All queries are showing red underlines

Question

Hello

I am using SQL Server 2019 with SSMS 18.7. When I right click the servername or database and select "New Query", most query commands I type are underlined in Red. I am a SYSAdmin and am simply trying to enter the following commands:

ALTER DATABASE 'dbname'
SET RECOVERY SIMPLE
GO

Everything generates a syntax error. I feel like I am missing something very simple/obvious but I don't know what it is.

Thanks

Answer 1

Don't use quotes, use brackets, that is
ALTER DATABASE [dbname]

Tom

Answer 2

Can anyone tell me when I run this nothing happens?

CREATE TABLE movie_data (
id SERIAL
Movie VARCHAR (100),
Title VARCHAR (100),
Release_date VARCHAR (100),
Wikipedia_URL VARCHAR (100),
Genre VARCHAR (50),
Director VARCHAR (50),
Cast_1 VARCHAR (100),
Cast_2 VARCHAR (100),
Cast_3 VARCHAR (100),
Cast_4 VARCHAR (100),
Cat_5 VARCHAR (100),
Budget MONEY (50),
Revenue MONEY (50),
Primary Key (id)
)

Answer 3

This is a Microsoft SQL Server forum. If you are using a different database you should ask your question on a forum for that database.
If you are using SQL Server, then SERIAL is not a valid datatype and the MONEY datatype cannot specify as length. So in SQL Server you would probably want something like

CREATE TABLE movie_data (  
id INT identity,  
Movie VARCHAR (100),  
Title VARCHAR (100),  
Release_date VARCHAR (100),  
Wikipedia_URL VARCHAR (100),  
Genre VARCHAR (50),  
Director VARCHAR (50),  
Cast_1 VARCHAR (100),  
Cast_2 VARCHAR (100),  
Cast_3 VARCHAR (100),  
Cast_4 VARCHAR (100),  
Cat_5 VARCHAR (100),  
Budget MONEY,  
Revenue MONEY,  
Primary Key (id)  
)  
  

Tom
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