Using Declare in SQL Server view - sql-server

Question

I have a query like this:
DECLARE #year_start INT
DECLARE #year_end INT
SET #year_start = 2005
SET #year_end = 2014
; WITH p_year AS
(
SELECT p_year = #year_start
UNION ALL
SELECT p_year = p_year + 1
FROM p_year
WHERE p_year < #year_end
),
Interval AS
(---
),
CTE AS
(---
),
CTE_1 AS
(---
)
SELECT something
FROM CTE_1
WHERE Rank <= 3
ORDER BY something
I tried it using creating table valued function but can't get that how to manipulate with variables in the table valued function declaration.
Whereas I tried creating table valued function as:
CREATE FUNCTION P_Count()
RETURNS TABLE
AS
DECLARE ...
...
I want to make it a view but Declare statement not allows me. How can I make it a view?

Answer 1

your create function script misses a BEGIN:
CREATE FUNCTION P_Count()
RETURNS #tableName TABLE (structure here)
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE...
...
RETURN;
END;
here is the syntax reference on msdn

Answer 2

Maliks, I suppose, some were confused with your SQL. It was not immediately apparent that you use a recursive CTE to generate years in a range. There are lots of awesome ways to generate a sequence of integers (or numbers, in general) that can be combined with a CTE to emulate variables in a view. If numbers are generated way too often, consider building a separate (and indexed) table for them.
Here is what I think you were looking for. I omit the CTEs, rank and grouping you have not defined in your question. You can modify it as you wish:
WITH params AS (SELECT BegYr = 2005, EndYr=2014),
nums AS (SELECT DISTINCT n = number FROM master..spt_values WHERE number>=0)
SELECT Yr=BegYr + n FROM nums, params
WHERE n <= EndYr - BegYr
More generally, here is a sample view query that uses CTE to nicely emulate internal variable construction. You can test-run it in your version of SQL Server.
CREATE VIEW vwImportant_Users AS
WITH params AS (
SELECT
varType='%Admin%',
varMinStatus=1)
SELECT status, name
FROM sys.sysusers, params
WHERE status > varMinStatus OR name LIKE varType
SELECT * FROM vwImportant_Users
yielding output:
status name
12 dbo
0 db_accessadmin
0 db_securityadmin
0 db_ddladmin
also via JOIN
WITH params AS ( SELECT varType='%Admin%', varMinStatus=1)
SELECT status, name
FROM sys.sysusers INNER JOIN params ON 1=1
WHERE status > varMinStatus OR name LIKE varType
also via CROSS APPLY
WITH params AS ( SELECT varType='%Admin%', varMinStatus=1)
SELECT status, name
FROM sys.sysusers CROSS APPLY params
WHERE status > varMinStatus OR name LIKE varType