In this blog post, let’s learn about the error message “1088 – Cannot find the object “%.*ls” because it does not exist or you do not have permissions.” in Microsoft SQL Server, the reason why it appears and the solution to fix it.
SQL Server Error Message
1088 – Cannot find the object “%.*ls” because it does not exist or you do not have permissions.
Reason for the Error
The SQL Server Error Msg 1088 occurs when a user tries to access an object in the database, such as a table or a stored procedure, but the object does not exist in the database or the user does not have the necessary permissions to access the object. Specifically, the error message states “Cannot find the object ‘%.*ls’ because it does not exist or you do not have permissions.”
Some examples of what can cause this error message to appear include:
- The object has been deleted from the database.
- The object has been renamed and the new name is not being used in the query.
- The object has not been created in the database.
- The user attempting to access the object does not have the necessary permissions to do so.
Solution
Here are some possible solutions to fix the SQL Server Error Msg 1088:
- Verify the object exists: Check to see if the object exists in the database. If it has been deleted or renamed, update the query to reflect the new object name.
- Create the object: If the object does not exist in the database, create it using T-SQL commands or through a graphical tool like SQL Server Management Studio.
- Grant permissions: Check the permissions of the user trying to access the object. Ensure that the user has been granted the necessary permissions to access the object.
To illustrate a solution to this error, here is an example:
Let’s say we have a database named “Sales” and a table named “Customers” in that database. When attempting to query the Customers table, we receive the error message:
“Msg 1088, Level 16, State 11, Line 1 Cannot find the object ‘Customers’ because it does not exist or you do not have permissions.”
To fix the error, we can try the following steps:
- Check to see if the Customers table exists in the Sales database. We can do this by using the following T-SQL command:
SELECT * FROM sys.objects WHERE name = 'Customers'
- If the table does not exist, we need to create it using T-SQL commands or through a graphical tool like SQL Server Management Studio.
- Verify that the user trying to access the table has the necessary permissions. We can do this by checking the user’s permissions in the Security settings of the database. If the user does not have the necessary permissions, we can grant them using T-SQL commands or through a graphical tool like SQL Server Management Studio.
