Getting error while executing sql command

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When ever i am running the below query:

delete from email_data where exp_date < getdate()
I am getting the below error:

Msg 208, Level 16, State 1, Procedure trgInsteadOfDelete, Line 9
Invalid object name 'email_test'

Please tell me whats the error

Posted 15-Aug-12 20:52pm

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Santhosh Kumar Jayaraman 16-Aug-12 3:32am

post ur trigger here

[no name] 16-Aug-12 3:37am

there is no sp or trigger...its a one line delete command..

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Wendelius · Answer 1 · 2012-08-15T21:19:00

Solution 2

based on your question: You get an error saying that the table 'email_test' does not exist but you state that you try to delete from email_data

So re-check the statement you're executing against the database just before it's executed in the code. Is the SQL string you're using changing somewhere or does it contain a typo.

Posted 15-Aug-12 21:19pm

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[no name] 16-Aug-12 3:20am

email_test id the database and email_data is the table.

Wendelius 16-Aug-12 3:24am

Ok, so the table is qualified in the delete statement so somethng like:

delete from email_test.email_data

If that's the case, does the user have permissions to access and delete from that table in that database?

[no name] 16-Aug-12 3:36am

yes permissions are there..actully the error giving at "trgInsteadOfDelete" stored procedure but there is no stored procedure with such name..

Wendelius 16-Aug-12 3:38am

Based on the name it's probably not a procedure but a trigger. So using for example SSMS, check the triggers of the email_data table.

[no name] 16-Aug-12 3:40am

but there is no trigger in the database...i don't know why it is giving such error...

Wendelius 16-Aug-12 3:45am

In the email_test database, try running the following:

select * from sysobjects where lower(name) = 'trginsteadofdelete'

do you see any results?

[no name] 16-Aug-12 3:48am

there is one table structure..but no data...

Wendelius 16-Aug-12 3:54am

What is the value in Type column when you executed the statement. Is it TR? If it is, then you have a trigger (possibly an InSTEAD OF trigger) on the table

[no name] 16-Aug-12 3:57am

there is no value..its an empty table...

Wendelius 16-Aug-12 4:03am

Does the query:

select * from sysobjects where lower(name) = 'trginsteadofdelete'

return any rows?

Sysobjects is not an empty table. It's a system table containing information about every object in the database.

The point is that using the above query you can find out what object has the name 'trginsteadofdelete' in your current database.

[no name] 16-Aug-12 4:05am

the output of ur query it returned me a empty table structure..no data...

OriginalGriff · Answer 2 · 2012-08-15T20:56:00

Solution 1

You need to look at your stored procedure "trgInsteadOfDelete" at line 9 - the problem is that the procedure is being called by a trigger when a delete occurs, and it is probably looking at the wrong table.

Posted 15-Aug-12 20:56pm

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[no name] 16-Aug-12 2:57am

But i don't have any such stored procedure in my DB

OriginalGriff 16-Aug-12 3:34am

Check under "Database Triggers" in the "Programmability" section with SSMS - I bet you do! :laugh: