Microsoft KB Archive/164169

= BUG: Msg 170 While Creating View with * and an Expression =

Article ID: 164169

Article Last Modified on 10/3/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q164169



BUG #: 16594 (NT: 6.50)



SYMPTOMS
A CREATE VIEW statement fails with the following error message:

Msg 170, Level 15, State 1

Line%d: Incorrect syntax near ','.

This problem occurs if the select statement is something similar to either of the following:


 * Select *, = from

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 * Select *,  from

where can be a column name, constant, function, or any combination of column names, constants, and functions connected by one or more operators, a CASE expression, or a subquery that returns one row.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, do either of the following

  Qualify * with the table name.

For example, use statements similar to the following:

create view testview as     select authors.*, today_date = getdate from authors

-or-   Instead of using * to select all the columns, specify all the columns by names separated by commas.

For example, use statements similar to the following:

create view testview as     select au_id, au_lname, au_fname, phone, address, city, state, zip, contract, today_date = getdate from authors





STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft SQL Server version 6.5. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.



MORE INFORMATION
This problem is only occurs with the CREATE VIEW statement. The same select statement works fine inside a stored procedure, a trigger, or when run alone.

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