Linked Server: Joins in OpenQuery fail

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Using OpenQuery throws the “Duplicate column names are not allowed in result sets obtained through OPENQUERY and OPENROWSET. The column name “id” is a duplicate.” error.

This error occurs with every JOIN. The tests I made:

  • SELECT * FROM OPENQUERY ([GOOGLESHEETS], ‘SELECT * FROM Food_FoodSales as a, [Employee Sample Data_Data] as b WHERE a.Region=b.Region’)
  • SELECT * FROM OPENQUERY ([GOOGLESHEETS], ‘SELECT a.id, b.id FROM Food_FoodSales a LEFT OUTER JOIN [Employee Sample Data_Data] b ON a.Region=b.Region’)
  • SELECT * FROM OPENQUERY ([GOOGLESHEETS], ‘SELECT a.id, b.id FROM Food_FoodSales a INNER JOIN [Employee Sample Data_Data] b ON a.Region=b.Region’)

To fix this issue, you can simply use the standard SQL statement

SELECT *

FROM [GOOGLESHEETS].[CData GoogleSheets Sys].[GoogleSheets].[Food_FoodSales] a,

[GOOGLESHEETS].[CData GoogleSheets Sys].[GoogleSheets].[Employee Sample Data_Data] b

WHERE [a].[Region]=[b].[Region]

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