SQL-Server: Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'with'. If this statement is a common table expression

Question

create table #temp
(
  pName Varchar(20),
  DateBegin DateTime,
  DateEnd DateTime
)

Insert Into #temp(pName, DateBegin, DateEnd)
Values(\'Player1\', \'01/04/2012\', \'         


        

Answer 1

I faced this issue when working on an MS SQL Server 2012.

I was trying to restore a database using the script below

USE master;
GO

ALTER DATABASE com.mydb.dev SET SINGLE_USER WITH ROLLBACK IMMEDIATE;
GO

    
RESTORE DATABASE com.mydb.dev
    FROM DISK = 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL12.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\Backup\com.mydb.dev_21-08-2020.bak'
    WITH REPLACE,
         STATS = 10,
         RESTART,
    MOVE 'com.mydb.dev' TO 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL12.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA\com.mydb.dev.mdf',
    MOVE 'com.mydb.dev_log' TO 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL12.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA\com.mydb.dev_log.ldf'
GO
    
ALTER DATABASE com.mydb.dev SET MULTI_USER;
GO

And then this was throwing the error below when I tried executing the restore task:

Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Line 6
Incorrect syntax near '.'.
Msg 319, Level 15, State 1, Line 6
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, Line 6
Incorrect syntax near 'IMMEDIATE'.
Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Line 9
Incorrect syntax near '.'.
Msg 319, Level 15, State 1, 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, Line 17
Incorrect syntax near '.'.

Here's how I fixed it:

The issue was that the database name contains some special characters like the '.' character.

All I had to do was to add square brackets '[ ]' around the database name, like this:

USE master;
GO

ALTER DATABASE [com.mydb.dev] SET SINGLE_USER WITH ROLLBACK IMMEDIATE;
GO

    
RESTORE DATABASE [com.mydb.dev]
    FROM DISK = 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL12.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\Backup\com.mydb.dev_21-08-2020.bak'
    WITH REPLACE,
         STATS = 10,
         RESTART,
    MOVE 'com.my_db.dev' TO 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL12.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA\com.mydb.dev.mdf',
    MOVE 'com.mydb.dev_log' TO 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL12.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA\com.mydb.dev_log.ldf'
GO
    
ALTER DATABASE [com.mydb.dev] SET MULTI_USER;
GO

And this time, the database restore task ran successfully.

That's all.

I hope this helps