SQL Error: 1064, SQLState: 42000 while creating new entity

desc is a mysql reserve word.Check

Solution:

Do

 @Column(name="[desc]")
               ^    ^

Add square brackets [] .

OR

Change the name of column

Source

You can also use square brackets or double quotes to escape column name.

@Column(name="[desc]")
private String townDesc;

or

@Column(name="\"desc\"")
private String townDesc;

The error messages states:

You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'desc, name) values (2, 'Test town desc.', 'Test town')' at line 1

The problem is in the generated query, due to the usage of desc since it's a reserved word in MySQL.

Possible solutions:

1. Change the name of your column to description. Do similar with name.
2. Change the configuration in MySQL to support these kind of names for columns in queries.

3. Change the name of the column in the fields to append ` character (referenced from Creating field with reserved word name with JPA):

   @Column(name="`desc`")
   

IMO while option 3 is a quick and dirty solution, I find option 1 as the best solution for future usage of the database.