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Asked: 2026-05-25T18:54:03+00:00

For some reason, the following query which uses the sys.dm_exec_requests DMV and the sys.dm_exec_sql_text

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For some reason, the following query which uses the sys.dm_exec_requests DMV and the sys.dm_exec_sql_text DMV fails to compile:

SELECT er.session_id, es.[text]
FROM sys.dm_exec_requests AS er 
  CROSS APPLY sys.dm_exec_sql_text(er.[sql_handle]) AS es

The query excerpt above is part of a much larger (and more complex) query which fails, because this smaller query will not execute, giving me the syntax error:

Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Line 3 Incorrect syntax near ‘.’.

The query seems simple enough, yet it looks like the T-SQL parser is balking at the er.sql_handle. I thought this might be an escaping issue and tried er.[sql_handle], but sadly got the same error.

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  1. Editorial Team

    I get this error when running it in the context of a DB in SQL Server 2000 compatibility mode. Try running it under the context of one of the system databases instead.

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