I have several identical (near as I can tell) SQL Servers where I've recently added sp_WhoIsActive (showing some folks how much I like this tool) but one of them will not let me create the stored procedure. I get an error I'm quite familiar with about a CTE needing the previous statement to end with a semicolon. None of the other servers get this error.
I've boiled down the script to this to recreate the issue:
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON;SET ANSI_PADDING ON;SET CONCAT_NULL_YIELDS_NULL ON;SET ANSI_WARNINGS ON;SET NUMERIC_ROUNDABORT OFF;SET ARITHABORT ON;GOIF NOT EXISTS (SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.ROUTINES WHERE ROUTINE_NAME = 'sp_WhoIsActive') EXEC ('CREATE PROC dbo.sp_WhoIsActive AS SELECT ''stub version, to be replaced''')GOALTER PROC dbo.sp_WhoIsActive( @filter sysname = '')ASBEGIN; SET NOCOUNT ON; SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL READ UNCOMMITTED; SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON; SET ANSI_PADDING ON; SET CONCAT_NULL_YIELDS_NULL ON; SET ANSI_WARNINGS ON; SET NUMERIC_ROUNDABORT OFF; SET ARITHABORT ON; IF @filter IS NULL BEGIN; RAISERROR('Input parameters cannot be NULL', 16, 1); RETURN; END; --SELECT 'FIZZ' AS BUZZ; WITH a0 AS (SELECT 'FOO' AS BAR) SELECT * FROM a0;END;GOIF you un-comment the SELECT 'FIZZ' AS BUZZ; line, it gets created.
Anyone have an idea what is different about this server?
Things I've checked:
- database compatibility levels for all dbs are > 100 (master, model, etc are 140)
- SQL Servers are all 14.0.344.5
- No availability Groups
- SSMS 18.12.1
- I'm SA on all servers
- version 12 of sp_whoIsActive https://github.com/amachanic/sp_whoisactive/releases/tag/v12.00
Full text of actual error below:
Msg 319, Level 15, State 1, Procedure sp_WhoIsActive, Line 206 [Batch Start Line 11]Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'with'. If this statement is a common table expression, an xmlnamespaces clause or a change tracking context clause, the previous statement must be terminated with a semicolon.Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Procedure sp_WhoIsActive, Line 209 [Batch Start Line 11]Incorrect syntax near ','.Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Procedure sp_WhoIsActive, Line 212 [Batch Start Line 11]Incorrect syntax near ','.Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Procedure sp_WhoIsActive, Line 215 [Batch Start Line 11]Incorrect syntax near ','.Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Procedure sp_WhoIsActive, Line 218 [Batch Start Line 11]Incorrect syntax near ','.Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Procedure sp_WhoIsActive, Line 221 [Batch Start Line 11]Incorrect syntax near ','.Msg 156, Level 15, State 1, Procedure sp_WhoIsActive, Line 225 [Batch Start Line 11]Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'ORDER'.Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Procedure sp_WhoIsActive, Line 230 [Batch Start Line 11]Incorrect syntax near ','.Msg 319, Level 15, State 1, Procedure sp_WhoIsActive, Line 443 [Batch Start Line 11]Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'with'. If this statement is a common table expression, an xmlnamespaces clause or a change tracking context clause, the previous statement must be terminated with a semicolon.Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Procedure sp_WhoIsActive, Line 446 [Batch Start Line 11]Incorrect syntax near ','.Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Procedure sp_WhoIsActive, Line 449 [Batch Start Line 11]Incorrect syntax near ','.Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Procedure sp_WhoIsActive, Line 452 [Batch Start Line 11]Incorrect syntax near ','.Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Procedure sp_WhoIsActive, Line 455 [Batch Start Line 11]Incorrect syntax near ','.Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Procedure sp_WhoIsActive, Line 458 [Batch Start Line 11]Incorrect syntax near ','.Msg 156, Level 15, State 1, Procedure sp_WhoIsActive, Line 462 [Batch Start Line 11]Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'ORDER'.Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Procedure sp_WhoIsActive, Line 468 [Batch Start Line 11]Incorrect syntax near ','.Completion time: 2023-01-06T15:04:08.0850888-05:00