How to get sql error in stored procedure

Question

I\'m using SQL Server 2005. I created a stored procedure which works most of the time, but I found an instance of where it doesn\'t do what I want.

Currently, the c

Answer 1

You could use a general Try/Catch and then construct more details about the error within the CATCH section e.g.

DECLARE @DetailedErrorDesc VARCHAR(MAX)
BEGIN TRY

--tsql code goes here

END TRY
BEGIN CATCH

SELECT @DetailedErrorDesc =         
  CAST(ERROR_NUMBER() AS VARCHAR) + ' : '+
  CAST(ERROR_SEVERITY() AS VARCHAR) + ' : ' +
  CAST(ERROR_STATE() AS VARCHAR) + ' : ' +
  ERROR_PROCEDURE() + ' : ' +
  ERROR_MESSAGE() + ' : ' +
  CAST(ERROR_LINE() AS VARCHAR);

--Now you can decide what to do with the detailed error message....return it or log it etc

END CATCH