November 15, 2021 at 9:05 pm
Hi everyone
This is definitely a rookie question. In Access, I can reference another query by just using its name. I tried to do the same thing in SQL Server and I got an error. Here is my query:
SELECT *
FROM QRY_DATES
The message I got was
Msg 208, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Invalid object name 'QRY_DATES'.
Completion time: 2021-11-15T13:02:46.9010455-08:00
How exactly do I reference qry_dates within the query I wrote above? Again, sorry for the rookie question.
Thank you
November 15, 2021 at 9:47 pm
Pretty sure in SQL Server, that would be a view or a table.
You cannot name a query. So whatever the contents of the query "QRY_DATES" are, you would need to toss into a VIEW and then you should be able to SELECT from it.
The above is all just my opinion on what you should do.
As with all advice you find on a random internet forum - you shouldn't blindly follow it. Always test on a test server to see if there is negative side effects before making changes to live!
I recommend you NEVER run "random code" you found online on any system you care about UNLESS you understand and can verify the code OR you don't care if the code trashes your system.
November 15, 2021 at 9:47 pm
First Create your query as a VIEW:
CREATE VIEW dbo.QRY_DATES AS
SELECT ...
Once the view is in place, you can reference it from other queries.
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November 20, 2021 at 12:28 am
The Pedant in me yells back Common Table Expression.
Technically a CTE is a named query. But it is probably not in the context of the OP question
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