SQL Server Error: maximum number of prefixes. The maximum is 3.
- by Ian Boyd
Trying to run a cross-server update:
UPDATE cmslive.CMSFintrac.dbo.lsipos
SET PostHistorySequencenNmber = (
SELECT TransactionNumber
FROM Transactions
WHERE Transactions.TransactionDate =
cmslive.CMSFintrac.dbo.lsipos.TransactionDate)
Gives the error:
Server: Msg 117, Level 15, State 2, Line 5
The number name 'cmslive.CMSFintrac.dbo.lsipos' contains more than
the maximum number of prefixes. The maximum is 3.
What gives?
Note: Rearranging the query into a less readable join form:
UPDATE cmslive.CMSFintrac.dbo.lsipos
SET PostHistorySequenceNumber = B.TransactionNumber
FROM cmslive.CMSFintrac.dbo.lsipos A
INNER JOIN Transactions B
ON A.TransactionDate = B.TransactionDate
does not give an error.
