{"id":6432,"date":"2022-02-24T06:38:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T05:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expert-only.com\/?p=6432"},"modified":"2022-04-04T10:46:37","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T08:46:37","slug":"invalid-object-name-sql-server-cte-error","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/expert-only.com\/en\/errors\/invalid-object-name-sql-server-cte-error\/","title":{"rendered":"Invalid object name SQL Server CTE Error"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>How to avoid the Invalid object name SQL Server CTE Error ? Or how to execute multiple SELECT queries on the same CTE ? As a reminder, a CTE is a temporary object that only exists between its creation and the first time it&#8217;s used. It means it&#8217;s deleted right after the first query ran against the CTE. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Indeed when querying the second time a CTE, for Common Table Expression, you face this error thrown by SQL Server. How to avoid the\u00a0Invalid object name SQL Server CTE Error ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-this-error-is-faced-when-a-select-query-uses-more-than-one-time-a-cte-invalid-object-name\">This error is faced when a select query uses more than one time a CTE :&nbsp;Invalid object name<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>(1 row(s) affected)<\/strong><br><strong> Msg 208, Level 16, State 1, Line 9<\/strong><br><strong> Invalid object name &#8216;MyCTE&#8217;.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact, only the first SELECT query works not the second one or next ones.\u00a0Here&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql\/t-sql\/queries\/with-common-table-expression-transact-sql?view=sql-server-ver15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CTE<\/a> example with various SELECT queries executed against it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Only the first SELECT statement on the CTE works!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"sql\" data-enlighter-theme=\"\" data-enlighter-highlight=\"\" data-enlighter-linenumbers=\"\" data-enlighter-lineoffset=\"\" data-enlighter-title=\"\" data-enlighter-group=\"\">WITH MyCTE (Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow) AS\n(\nSELECT\n\ngetdate()-1 as Yesterday,\ngetdate() as Today,\ngetdate()+1 as Tomorrow\n)\n\nSELECT Yesterday FROM MyCTE\nSELECT Today FROM MyCTE\nSELECT Tomorrow FROM MyCTE\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-solution\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>The solution<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-it-s-impossible-to-execute-many-times-a-select-statement-against-the-same-cte-so-use-a-temporary-table-instead-of-a-cte\"><strong>It&#8217;s impossible to execute many times a SELECT statement against the same CTE, so use a temporary table instead of a CTE!<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To conclude about the workaround&nbsp;for this CTE error: temporary tables are&nbsp; definitely the best way to keep results and query them many times.&nbsp;This query replacing the CTE with a temporary table works perfectly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"sql\" data-enlighter-theme=\"\" data-enlighter-highlight=\"\" data-enlighter-linenumbers=\"\" data-enlighter-lineoffset=\"\" data-enlighter-title=\"\" data-enlighter-group=\"\">IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#Temp_Table') IS NOT NULL\nDROP TABLE #Temp_Table\n\nSELECT getdate()-1 as Yesterday,\ngetdate() as Today,\ngetdate()+1 as Tomorrow\nINTO #Temp_Table\n\nSELECT Yesterday FROM #Temp_Table\nSELECT Today FROM #Temp_Table\nSELECT Tomorrow FROM #Temp_Table\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Note: Check the existence of the table and if necessary drop it before to avoid errors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another option is to create a real table and just reuse it, you can find a script here <a href=\"https:\/\/expert-only.com\/en\/t-sql\/implicit-conversion-from-data-type-xml-to-nvarchar-error\/\"><strong>to avoid conversion error from xml to nvarchar<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>How to avoid the Invalid object name SQL Server CTE Error ? 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