diff --git a/include/sqlpp11/alias.h b/include/sqlpp11/alias.h
index 197862cf..ea2c28ee 100644
--- a/include/sqlpp11/alias.h
+++ b/include/sqlpp11/alias.h
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ namespace sqlpp
     {
       serialize_operand(t._expression, context);
       context << " AS ";
-      context << name_of<T>::char_ptr();
+      context << name_of<T>::template char_ptr<Context>();
       return context;
     }
   };
diff --git a/include/sqlpp11/alias_provider.h b/include/sqlpp11/alias_provider.h
index b77a9e20..7982193a 100644
--- a/include/sqlpp11/alias_provider.h
+++ b/include/sqlpp11/alias_provider.h
@@ -54,6 +54,30 @@
   };                                                                         \
   constexpr name##_t name = {};
 
+#define SQLPP_QUOTED_ALIAS_PROVIDER(name)                                    \
+  struct name##_t                                                            \
+  {                                                                          \
+    struct _alias_t                                                          \
+    {                                                                        \
+      static constexpr const char _literal[] = "!" #name;                    \
+      using _name_t = sqlpp::make_char_sequence<sizeof(_literal), _literal>; \
+      template <typename T>                                                  \
+      struct _member_t                                                       \
+      {                                                                      \
+        T name;                                                              \
+        T& operator()()                                                      \
+        {                                                                    \
+          return name;                                                       \
+        }                                                                    \
+        const T& operator()() const                                          \
+        {                                                                    \
+          return name;                                                       \
+        }                                                                    \
+      };                                                                     \
+    };                                                                       \
+  };                                                                         \
+  constexpr name##_t name = {};
+
 namespace sqlpp
 {
   template <typename T, typename Enable = void>
diff --git a/include/sqlpp11/char_sequence.h b/include/sqlpp11/char_sequence.h
index 58d294dd..57595258 100644
--- a/include/sqlpp11/char_sequence.h
+++ b/include/sqlpp11/char_sequence.h
@@ -34,11 +34,24 @@ namespace sqlpp
   template <char... Cs>
   struct char_sequence
   {
+    template <typename Context>
     static const char* char_ptr()
     {
-      static char s[] = {Cs...};
+      static char s[] = {Cs..., '\0'};
       return s;
-    };
+    }
+  };
+
+  template <char... Cs>
+  struct char_sequence<'!', Cs...>
+  {
+    template <typename Context>
+    static const char* char_ptr()
+    {
+      static char s[] = {decltype(get_quote_left(std::declval<Context>()))::value, Cs...,
+                         decltype(get_quote_right(std::declval<Context>()))::value, '\0'};
+      return s;
+    }
   };
 
   template <std::size_t N, const char (&s)[N], typename T>
@@ -52,7 +65,7 @@ namespace sqlpp
 
   template <std::size_t N, const char (&Input)[N]>
   using make_char_sequence =
-      typename make_char_sequence_impl<sizeof(Input), Input, sqlpp::detail::make_index_sequence<sizeof(Input)>>::type;
+      typename make_char_sequence_impl<N, Input, sqlpp::detail::make_index_sequence<N - 1>>::type;
 }  // namespace sqlpp
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/sqlpp11/column.h b/include/sqlpp11/column.h
index 3b8497dd..7920b1f4 100644
--- a/include/sqlpp11/column.h
+++ b/include/sqlpp11/column.h
@@ -125,7 +125,8 @@ namespace sqlpp
 
     static Context& _(const T& /*unused*/, Context& context)
     {
-      context << name_of<typename T::_table>::char_ptr() << '.' << name_of<T>::char_ptr();
+      context << name_of<typename T::_table>::template char_ptr<Context>() << '.'
+              << name_of<T>::template char_ptr<Context>();
       return context;
     }
   };
diff --git a/include/sqlpp11/cte.h b/include/sqlpp11/cte.h
index cd1b5f11..9b3d40d4 100644
--- a/include/sqlpp11/cte.h
+++ b/include/sqlpp11/cte.h
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ namespace sqlpp
 
     static Context& _(const T& t, Context& context)
     {
-      context << name_of<T>::char_ptr() << " AS (";
+      context << name_of<T>::template char_ptr<Context>() << " AS (";
       serialize(t._statement, context);
       context << ")";
       return context;
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ namespace sqlpp
 
     static Context& _(const T& /*unused*/, Context& context)
     {
-      context << name_of<T>::char_ptr();
+      context << name_of<T>::template char_ptr<Context>();
       return context;
     }
   };
diff --git a/include/sqlpp11/dynamic_select_column_list.h b/include/sqlpp11/dynamic_select_column_list.h
index a7ec8727..4491c07d 100644
--- a/include/sqlpp11/dynamic_select_column_list.h
+++ b/include/sqlpp11/dynamic_select_column_list.h
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ namespace sqlpp
     template <typename Expr>
     void emplace_back(Expr expr)
     {
-      _dynamic_expression_names.push_back(name_of<Expr>::char_ptr());
+      _dynamic_expression_names.push_back(name_of<Expr>::template char_ptr<typename Db::_serializer_context_t>());
       _dynamic_columns.emplace_back(expr);
     }
 
diff --git a/include/sqlpp11/functions.h b/include/sqlpp11/functions.h
index e867b656..3c348eef 100644
--- a/include/sqlpp11/functions.h
+++ b/include/sqlpp11/functions.h
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ namespace sqlpp
   template <typename T>
   constexpr const char* get_sql_name(const T& /*unused*/)
   {
-    return name_of<T>::char_ptr();
+    return name_of<T>::template char_ptr<void>();
   }
 }  // namespace sqlpp
 
diff --git a/include/sqlpp11/named_interpretable.h b/include/sqlpp11/named_interpretable.h
index 108dbaf4..f75cc8c2 100644
--- a/include/sqlpp11/named_interpretable.h
+++ b/include/sqlpp11/named_interpretable.h
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ namespace sqlpp
 
       std::string _get_name() const
       {
-        return name_of<T>::char_ptr();
+        return name_of<T>::template char_ptr<_interpreter_context_t>();
       }
 
       T _t;
diff --git a/include/sqlpp11/serializer.h b/include/sqlpp11/serializer.h
index 2adcfb98..305cd8ff 100644
--- a/include/sqlpp11/serializer.h
+++ b/include/sqlpp11/serializer.h
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@ namespace sqlpp
 {
   SQLPP_PORTABLE_STATIC_ASSERT(assert_serializer_specialization_t, "missing serializer specialization");
 
+  template <typename Context>
+  std::integral_constant<char, '"'> get_quote_left(const Context&);
+
+  template <typename Context>
+  std::integral_constant<char, '"'> get_quote_right(const Context&);
+
   template <typename Context, typename T, typename Enable = void>
   struct serializer_t
   {
diff --git a/include/sqlpp11/simple_column.h b/include/sqlpp11/simple_column.h
index a413d327..547da05c 100644
--- a/include/sqlpp11/simple_column.h
+++ b/include/sqlpp11/simple_column.h
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ namespace sqlpp
 
     static Context& _(const T& /*unused*/, Context& context)
     {
-      context << name_of<typename T::_column_t>::char_ptr();
+      context << name_of<typename T::_column_t>::template char_ptr<Context>();
       return context;
     }
   };
diff --git a/include/sqlpp11/table.h b/include/sqlpp11/table.h
index e655c29a..17a80836 100644
--- a/include/sqlpp11/table.h
+++ b/include/sqlpp11/table.h
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ namespace sqlpp
 
     static Context& _(const T& /*unused*/, Context& context)
     {
-      context << name_of<T>::char_ptr();
+      context << name_of<T>::template char_ptr<Context>();
       return context;
     }
   };
diff --git a/include/sqlpp11/table_alias.h b/include/sqlpp11/table_alias.h
index 633fda79..a73ee89d 100644
--- a/include/sqlpp11/table_alias.h
+++ b/include/sqlpp11/table_alias.h
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ namespace sqlpp
       {
         context << ")";
       }
-      context << " AS " << name_of<T>::char_ptr();
+      context << " AS " << name_of<T>::template char_ptr<Context>();
       return context;
     }
   };
diff --git a/scripts/ddl2cpp b/scripts/ddl2cpp
index 1bae60fc..8291b84d 100755
--- a/scripts/ddl2cpp
+++ b/scripts/ddl2cpp
@@ -249,6 +249,16 @@ if warnOnParse:
 
 nsList = namespace.split('::')
 
+def escape_if_reserved(name):
+     reserved_names = [
+         'GROUP',
+         'ORDER',
+     ]
+     if name.upper() in reserved_names:
+         return '!{}'.format(name)
+     return name
+
+
 # PROCESS DDL
 tableCreations = ddl.parseFile(pathToDdl)
 
@@ -292,7 +302,7 @@ for create in tableCreations:
         print('    {', file=header)
         print('      struct _alias_t', file=header)
         print('      {', file=header)
-        print('        static constexpr const char _literal[] =  "' + sqlColumnName + '";', file=header)
+        print('        static constexpr const char _literal[] =  "' + escape_if_reserved(sqlColumnName) + '";', file=header)
         print('        using _name_t = sqlpp::make_char_sequence<sizeof(_literal), _literal>;', file=header)
         print('        template<typename T>', file=header)
         print('        struct _member_t', file=header)