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This does not compile in SQL server 2012:

with q as (
select row_number() over (order by ActionName) as rn, *
from [xxx].[dbo].[Action] a
)

It says 'Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'as'.

Should this compile and if not how to fix this?

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start your statement with ; try this

;with q 
as (
select row_number() over (order by ActionName) as rn, *
from [xxx].[dbo].[Action] a
)
SELECT * FROM q

and CTE should be followed by a SELECT statement.

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;with q as (
select row_number() over (order by a.ActionName) as rn, a.*
from [xxx].[dbo].[Action] a
)
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i think ; at beginning is not necessary ? i use sql-server no error if no ;
not necessary, if it is the first statement of the batch. Apparently that was not the case, as OP says Muhammed Ali's answer helped.
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with q as (
select *, row_number() over (order by ActionName) as rn
from [xxx].[dbo].[Action] a
)
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select is obvious after this !!

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