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Christian Buettner-167247
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Posted Monday, March 28, 2011 2:55 AM
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Tom.Thomson (3/27/2011)
One comment though: depending on settings of ARITHABORT and ANSI WARNINGS, it is quite possible that none of the answer options will result, because the batch is terminated before it reaches the select statement.
Why should the batch be terminated? I don't see any issues here.
Best Regards,
Chris Büttner
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Christian Buettner-167247
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Posted Monday, March 28, 2011 2:56 AM
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paul.james 64212 (3/28/2011)
OK, can somebody suggest why this returns "Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Line 4 Incorrect syntax near '='." on my 9.0.4207 SQL server?
declare @i tinyint
SELECT @i = 0
while @i < 255
SELECT @i+=1
SELECT @i
Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Line 4
Incorrect syntax near '='.
Because this syntax is not supported in SQL Server 2005.
Best Regards,
Chris Büttner
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paul.james 64212
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Posted Monday, March 28, 2011 3:00 AM
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Christian Buettner-167247 (3/28/2011)
paul.james 64212 (3/28/2011)
OK, can somebody suggest why this returns "Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Line 4 Incorrect syntax near '='." on my 9.0.4207 SQL server?
declare @i tinyint
SELECT @i = 0
while @i < 255
SELECT @i+=1
SELECT @i
Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Line 4
Incorrect syntax near '='.
Because this syntax is not supported in SQL Server 2005.
Ah, ok, DOH! Too much to ask for SQL server version numbers and product names to make any sense I suppose!
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Duncan Pryde
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Posted Monday, March 28, 2011 3:24 AM
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Christian Buettner-167247 (3/28/2011)
Tom.Thomson (3/27/2011)
One comment though: depending on settings of ARITHABORT and ANSI WARNINGS, it is quite possible that none of the answer options will result, because the batch is terminated before it reaches the select statement.
Why should the batch be terminated? I don't see any issues here.
I've tried setting ARITHABORT and ANSI_WARNINGS on both 2005 and 2008, but the results of running the query haven't changed at all.
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DugyC
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Posted Monday, March 28, 2011 3:29 AM
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Great question. As this archaic institute I work for only has SQL2000 servers I couldn't run it even if I wanted to.
So, had to do quite a bit of digging around, and as searching for "+=" on google isn't very easy I had to be more determined than usual.
Was worth it though, learnt something knew, got it right, and (hopefully) this year we'll go to SQL 2008R2... we're planning to anyway.
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Donny-1012435
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Posted Monday, March 28, 2011 3:31 AM
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I have SQL 2008, but got the Incorrect Syntax near '=' error.
Btw, I have both 2005 and 2008 on my PC.
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Duncan Pryde
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Posted Monday, March 28, 2011 3:51 AM
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Donny-1012435 (3/28/2011)
I have SQL 2008, but got the Incorrect Syntax near '=' error.
Btw, I have both 2005 and 2008 on my PC.
Perhaps your database is in 2005 compatibility mode? Or you're running the query against the 2005 server?
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Donny-1012435
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Posted Monday, March 28, 2011 3:58 AM
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Yes, that's correct. Connected to a known SQL2008 server and it works. Thx!
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michael.kaufmann
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Posted Monday, March 28, 2011 3:58 AM
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paul.james 64212 (3/28/2011)
Christian Buettner-167247 (3/28/2011)
paul.james 64212 (3/28/2011)
OK, can somebody suggest why this returns "Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Line 4 Incorrect syntax near '='." on my 9.0.4207 SQL server?
declare @i tinyint
SELECT @i = 0
while @i < 255
SELECT @i+=1
SELECT @i
Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Line 4
Incorrect syntax near '='.
Because this syntax is not supported in SQL Server 2005.
Ah, ok, DOH! Too much to ask for SQL server version numbers and product names to make any sense I suppose!
SQL Server 2000 = v8.x; database mode 80 (aka compatibility level)
SQL Server 2005 = v9.x; database mode 90
SQL Server 2008 = v10.x; database mode 100
Thanks for the QotD--great question to settle what one learned earlier.
Regards,
Michael
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Hugo Kornelis
Hugo Kornelis
Posted Monday, March 28, 2011 4:45 AM
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I got it correct.
I was surprised at first at the "SELECT @i+=1" syntax. I knew about the compount operators and have happily used "
SET
@i=1", but seeing never realised that it can equally well be used with SELECT.
Thanks!
Hugo Kornelis, SQL Server MVP
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