The column "xxxx" was specified multiple times for "CTE_YYYY" - sql-server

Question

I am new to Microsoft SQL Server. I am trying to join two tables that has common key named CampaignID using LEFT OUTER JOIN. I need to reuse the result in a different query, so I decided to capture the result set using CTE_Results. For example,
-- This is my CTE script
WITH CTE_Results AS
(
SELECT t1.CampaignID, t2.CampaignID, t1.Name, t2.Vendor
FROM CampaignDetails AS t1
LEFT OUTER JOIN CampaignOnlineDetails AS t2
ON t1.CampaignID = t2.CampaignID
)
-- This is the script I want to use to compare the resulting table. For example,
SELECT Vendor
FROM CTE_Results
However, when I ran above, I get:
The column `CampaignID` was specified multiple times for `CTE_Results`.
From reading through old StackOverflow questions and answers, it seems like since CampaignID is in both tables that are being joined, I must use table aliases to specify whose (which table's) CampaignID I want to SELECT. But I think I did that and even that it seems like the error still occurs.
Is there a way for me to select and keep BOTH CampaignID's in my CTE? If so, what should be changed? Thank you for the answers!

Answer 1

You have CampaignID selected twice in CTE, use different alias name to fix the problem
WITH CTE_Results
AS (SELECT t1.CampaignID AS cd_CampaignID,
t2.CampaignID AS cod_CampaignID,
t1.NAME,
t2.Vendor
FROM CampaignDetails AS t1
LEFT OUTER JOIN CampaignOnlineDetails AS t2
ON t1.CampaignID = t2.CampaignID)
-- This is the script I want to use to compare the resulting table. For example,
SELECT Vendor
FROM CTE_Results
or use this
WITH CTE_Results(cd_CampaignID, cod_CampaignID, NAME, Vendor)
AS (SELECT t1.CampaignID,
t2.CampaignID,
t1.NAME,
t2.Vendor
FROM CampaignDetails AS t1
LEFT OUTER JOIN CampaignOnlineDetails AS t2
ON t1.CampaignID = t2.CampaignID)
-- This is the script I want to use to compare the resulting table. For example,
SELECT Vendor
FROM CTE_Results

Answer 2

You need to Alias the CampaignID Columns in your CTE or define the returned column names in the CTE declaration. Otherwise it would be like creating a table with two columns with the same name.
Example Column Alias:
WITH CTE_Results AS
(
SELECT t1.CampaignID as 'CampaignID1', t2.CampaignID as 'CampaignID2', t1.Name, t2.Vendor
FROM CampaignDetails AS t1
LEFT OUTER JOIN CampaignOnlineDetails AS t2
ON t1.CampaignID = t2.CampaignID
)
Or In CTE declaration:
WITH CTE_Results (CampaignID1, CampaignID2, [Name], Vendor) AS
(
SELECT t1.CampaignID, t2.CampaignID , t1.Name, t2.Vendor
FROM CampaignDetails AS t1
LEFT OUTER JOIN CampaignOnlineDetails AS t2
ON t1.CampaignID = t2.CampaignID
)