Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'with'.

Question

Hello I\'m trying to figure out why switching my compatability mode from 80 to 100 in MSSQL broke my function below?

    Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 (RTM)         


        

Answer 1

Add a semicolon before WITH:

;with results as
    (
        select parentouid,net_ouid from net_ou where net_ouid=@Param1
        union all
        select t2.parentouid,t2.net_ouid from net_ou t2 
        inner join results t1 on t1.parentouid = t2.net_ouid where t2.parentouid <> t1.net_ouid
    )   
    select @ReturnValue = net_ou.displayname 
    from  NET_OU RIGHT OUTER JOIN
    results ON net_ou.net_ouid = results.ParentouID where results.parentouid=results.net_ouid

    RETURN @ReturnValue

END

CTE declarations need to be the first command in the batch.