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FIX: "Incorrect syntax" error message when you use a catalog database whose name contains a special character in SSRS 2008

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SYMPTOMS

Consider the following scenario:

You have an instance in Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services (SSRS 2008).
The catalog database name contains a special character, such as a hyphen.
You create a subscription for the instance in SSRS 2008.

In this scenario, you receive an error message that resembles the following:

Error Message: Incorrect syntax near 'ServerDB' for Step 1.
Step 1 Command:
"exec <catalog database name>.dbo.AddEvent @EventType='TimedSubscription', @EventData='<some id>"

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This issue occurs because the catalog database name is not enclosed in double quotation marks or in square brackets. Therefore, the command fails.

Note The catalog database name appears in the command in the error message that is mentioned in the "Symptoms" section."

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RESOLUTION

Cumulative update information

SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3

The fix for this issue was first released in Cumulative Update 3 for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3. For more information about this cumulative update package, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

2648098

(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2648098/LN/ )

Cumulative update package 3 for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3

Note Because the builds are cumulative, each new fix release contains all the hotfixes and all the security fixes that were included with the previous SQL Server 2008 fix release. Microsoft recommends that you consider applying the most recent fix release that contains this hotfix. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

2629969

(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2629969/LN/ )

The SQL Server 2008 builds that were released after SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3 was released

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 hotfixes are created for specific SQL Server service packs. You must apply a SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3 hotfix to an installation of SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3. By default, any hotfix that is provided in a SQL Server service pack is included in the next SQL Server service pack.

SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (SP2) cumulative update package 7

The fix for this issue was first released in Cumulative Update 7. For more information about how to obtain this cumulative update package for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 2, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

2617148

(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2617148/ )

Cumulative update package 7 for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 2

Note Because the builds are cumulative, each new fix release contains all the hotfixes and all the security fixes that were included with the previous SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 2 fix release. We recommend that you consider applying the most recent fix release that contains this hotfix. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

2402659

(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2402659/ )

The SQL Server 2008 builds that were released after SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 2 was released

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