Combine CTE "WITH" and a "WITH XMLNAMESPACES...." in SQL Server - sql-server

Question

Has anyone managed to create a CTE in SQL Server's T-SQL that also includes a WITH XMLNAMESPACES declaration?
It seems both WITH keywords insist on being the "first in the T-SQL batch", and that doesn't really work....
I tried:
WITH XMLNAMESPACES('http://schemas.myself.com/SomeSchema' as ns)
WITH CTEQuery AS
(
SELECT (list of fields)
FROM dbo.MyTable
WHERE (conditions)
)
SELECT * FROM CTEQuery
Didn't work :-( (syntax errors)
Msg 156, Level 15, State 1, Line 2
Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'WITH'.
Msg 319, Level 15, State 1, Line 2
Incorrect syntax near the
keyword 'with'. If this statement is a
common table expression, an
xmlnamespaces clause or a change
tracking context clause, the previous
statement must be terminated with a
semicolon.
So I tried prepending the second WITH with a semicolon:
WITH XMLNAMESPACES('http://schemas.myself.com/SomeSchema' as ns)
;WITH CTEQuery AS
(
SELECT (list of fields)
FROM dbo.MyTable
WHERE (conditions)
)
SELECT * FROM CTEQuery
and got this:
Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Line 2
Incorrect syntax near ';'.
and then I tried putting the WITH XMLNAMESPACES into the CTE:
WITH CTEQuery AS
(
WITH XMLNAMESPACES('http://schemas.myself.com/SomeSchema' as ns)
SELECT (list of fields)
FROM dbo.MyTable
WHERE (conditions)
)
SELECT * FROM CTEQuery
and got this:
Msg 156, Level 15, State 1, Line 4
Incorrect syntax near the keyword
'WITH'.
Msg 319, Level 15, State 1, Line 4
Incorrect syntax near the
keyword 'with'. If this statement is a
common table expression, an
xmlnamespaces clause or a change
tracking context clause, the previous
statement must be terminated with a
semicolon.
Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Line 21
Incorrect syntax near ')'.
So how the heck do I do this??

Answer 1

Use a comma instead of the second WITH, e.g.
WITH XMLNAMESPACES('http://schemas.myself.com/SomeSchema' as ns)
,CTEQuery AS
(
SELECT (list of fields)
FROM dbo.MyTable
WHERE (conditions)
)
SELECT * FROM CTEQuery
The same if you want multiple CTE expressions. You only need to specify WITH once, and then all other WITH blocks just use a comma instead of the keyword.