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                                         dslaby 
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                                             Posted - 2001-10-10 : 21:13:20
                                            
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                                            | I have a single table in which I use the following statement in SQL Query Analyser:EXECUTE sp_crosstab 'select providerID from tblEmploymentSummary group by ProviderID', 'sum(BillAmount)', 'ComponentID', 'tblEmploymentSummary'I cut and pasted your store procedure.  What could be causing the incorrect syntax error on execute?  | 
                                             
                                         
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                                     gus169 
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                                          | This is probably too late, but what I found is that the problem might lay in the permission in the tempdb database.  The crosstab stored procedures calls 'tempdb.information_schema' to figure out what delimiter is needed for the case statements.  Now assuming that you a user with minimum permissions is calling sp_crosstab chances are they will not have permissions to access 'tempdb.information_schema'.  Therefore, my solution was to add the user to the tempdb database and give them the database role of db_datareader.  I hope this helps.  | 
                                         
                                        
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                                     mparter 
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                                            Posted - 2005-06-08 : 18:25:22
                                          
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                                          Glad I found this as I was running into this issue aswell. The SP ran fine in Query Analyzer but when ran in my ASP.NET app, it failed with the same error message.When I gave the user datareader permissions on the tempdb database as described, it worked fine  Thanks for sharing the result.  | 
                                         
                                        
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                                     ctudorprice 
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                                          | I've been running into a problem where, if SQLServer is restarted, the permissions that I set on the tempdb database reset to their defaults and thus I can only get this to work after resetting the permissions again. We restart the server every week or so... so this is a pain. Any ideas?  | 
                                         
                                        
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                                     robvolk 
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                                            Posted - 2006-03-27 : 09:05:35
                                          
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                                          | Add the appropriate permissions to the model database.  Tempdb is built from model when SQL Server is restarted, and will inherit objects, permissions, etc. from it.  | 
                                         
                                        
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                                     BethW 
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                                            Posted - 2010-10-28 : 12:41:09
                                          
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                                          quote: Originally posted by mparter Glad I found this as I was running into this issue aswell. The SP ran fine in Query Analyzer but when ran in my ASP.NET app, it failed with the same error message.When I gave the user datareader permissions on the tempdb database as described, it worked fine  Thanks for sharing the result.
  Even 5 years later, you solved a problem that I spent days trying to figure out.  Thanks!  | 
                                         
                                        
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                                     DanFindley 
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                                          quote: Originally posted by gus169 This is probably too late, but what I found is that the problem might lay in the permission in the tempdb database.  The crosstab stored procedures calls 'tempdb.information_schema' to figure out what delimiter is needed for the case statements.  Now assuming that you a user with minimum permissions is calling sp_crosstab chances are they will not have permissions to access 'tempdb.information_schema'.  Therefore, my solution was to add the user to the tempdb database and give them the database role of db_datareader.  I hope this helps.
  7 Years later, a google for Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'END' puts this result at the top, and it fixed my problem perfect. Thanks all!  | 
                                         
                                        
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