[sql] exec failed because the name not a valid identifier?

I have a query I need run it as a dynamic query to output a meaningful column name. As an example, if I run the query directly, it returns data correctly. However, if I use below code, it shows:

The name '
            SELECT (CASE WHEN A.Domain IS NOT NULL THEN A.Domain ELSE B.Domain END) AS [Domain], 
                    (CASE WHEN A.Email IS NOT NULL THEN A.Email ELSE B.Email END) AS [Email], 
                    A.[Sender Size] AS [Sender Size 1], A.[Sender Count] AS [Sender Count 1],
                        A.[Receiver Size] AS [Receiver Size 1], A.[Receiver Count] AS [Receiver Count 1],
                    A.[Sender Size 2] AS [Sender Size 2], A.[Sender Count 2] AS [Sender Count 2],
                        A.[Receiver Size 2] AS [Receiver Size 2], A.[Receiver Count 2] AS [Receiver Count 2],
                    B.SenderSize AS [Sender Size Average], B.SenderCount AS [Sender Count Average],
                        B.ReceiverSize AS [Receiv' is not a valid identifier.

Below it is the code:

DECLARE @query NVARCHAR(4000)
SET @query = N'SELECT *
            FROM
            (
                SELECT (CASE WHEN A.Domain IS NOT NULL THEN A.Domain ELSE B.Domain END) AS [Domain], 
                        (CASE WHEN A.Email IS NOT NULL THEN A.Email ELSE B.Email END) AS [Email], 
                        A.[Sender Size] AS [Sender Size 1], A.[Sender Count] AS [Sender Count 1],
                            A.[Receiver Size] AS [Receiver Size 1], A.[Receiver Count] AS [Receiver Count 1],
                        A.[Sender Size 2] AS [Sender Size 2], A.[Sender Count 2] AS [Sender Count 2],
                            A.[Receiver Size 2] AS [Receiver Size 2], A.[Receiver Count 2] AS [Receiver Count 2],
                        B.SenderSize AS [Sender Size Average], B.SenderCount AS [Sender Count Average],
                            B.ReceiverSize AS [Receiver Size Average], B.ReceiverCount AS [Receiver Count Average]
                FROM
                    (
                    SELECT (CASE WHEN tf.Domain IS NOT NULL THEN tf.Domain ELSE tf2.Domain END) AS Domain, 
                            (CASE WHEN tf.Email IS NOT NULL THEN tf.Email ELSE tf2.Email END) AS Email, 
                         ISNULL(tf.SenderSize,0) AS [Sender Size] , ISNULL(tf.SenderCount,0) AS [Sender Count], ISNULL(tf.ReceiverSize,0) AS [Receiver Size], ISNULL(tf.ReceiverCount,0) AS [Receiver Count], 
                         ISNULL(tf2.SenderSize,0) AS [Sender Size 2], ISNULL(tf2.SenderCount,0) AS [Sender Count 2], ISNULL(tf2.ReceiverSize,0) AS [Receiver Size 2], ISNULL(tf2.ReceiverCount,0) AS [Receiver Count 2] 
                    FROM #TrafficFinal tf FULL JOIN #TrafficFinal2 tf2 ON (tf.Email = tf2.Email AND tf.Domain = tf2.Domain)
                    ) A FULL JOIN #TrafficFinal3 B ON (A.Email = B.Email AND A.Domain = B.Domain)
            ) C
            ORDER BY Domain, Email';    

PRINT @query;

-- run it
exec @query;

Is it because of the full join?

This question is related to sql sql-server sql-server-2008

The answer is


As was in my case if your sql is generated by concatenating or uses converts then sql at execute need to be prefixed with letter N as below

e.g.

Exec N'Select bla..' 

the N defines string literal is unicode.


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