Question

Here is the following piece of code that I am trying to execute on SQL Server.

DECLARE @string NVARCHAR(MAX) = '
    CREATE PROC [dbo].[Trend]
    @slsID NVARCHAR(20)
    AS
    BEGIN
    SET NOCOUNT ON
    DECLARE @BeginningRange varchar(20),
    @EndingRange varchar(20)
    SET @EndingRange = ''12*13''
    SET @BeginningRange = ''12*02''
    ;WITH CTE1 AS(
             SELECT 
             dbo.Field1,dbo.Field2,dbo.Field3
             FROM dbo.Table1 join dbo.Table2 where...conditions
             weekNum BETWEEN (@BeginningRange) AND (@EndingRange)
                 )
    SELECT * FROM CTE1 
    UNPIVOT
      ( numbers for type in (Field1, Field2, Field3, Field4)
      ) as p PIVOT
      (
      Sum(numbers) for
      WeekNum in ([12*02],[12*03],[12*04],[12*05],[12*06],[12*07],[12*08],[12*09],[12*10],                                                         [12*11],[12*12],[12*13])
      ) as q
      END
'
    EXECUTE SP_EXECUTESQL @STRING

When I try to run this, it errors out saying that

“Incorrect syntax near the keywor ‘as'”

I took this code out and executed it separately and it didn’t error out. Am I missing something here?

Answer 1

Look like missing parentheses around the parameter to the procedure.

One trick you can use is the print out the sql statement and then try to run that – the error message might give you more info

print @STRING