How can I get the actual stored procedure line number from an error message?

Question

When I use SQL Server and there\'s an error, the error message gives a line number that has no correlation to the line numbers in the stored procedure. I assume that the dif

Answer 1

If you use a Catch Block and used a RAISERROR() for any code validation within the Try Block then the Error Line gets reported where the Catch Block is and not where the real error occurred. I used it like this to clear that up.

BEGIN CATCH
  DECLARE @ErrorMessage NVARCHAR(4000);
  DECLARE @ErrorSeverity INT;
  DECLARE @ErrorState INT;

  SELECT 
     @ErrorMessage = ERROR_MESSAGE() + ' occurred at Line_Number: ' + CAST(ERROR_LINE() AS VARCHAR(50)),
     @ErrorSeverity = ERROR_SEVERITY(),
     @ErrorState = ERROR_STATE();

  RAISERROR (@ErrorMessage, -- Message text.
     @ErrorSeverity, -- Severity.
     @ErrorState -- State.
  );

END CATCH