You don’t. I believe it was a hold-over from VB (at least I remember using [] there alot.
Also… [quote=53151:@Derk Jochems]sql = "SELECT intID, strEmail, strPassword FROM ‘settings’ "[/quote]
No need to quote the table name either… unless it has a space in it.
As a matter of fact… ORACLE will reject your SQL if you quote field or table names… so depending on your goals, it might be a good practice to get into (unless you are handed a database and have no choice)