Raise an error manually in T-SQL to jump to BEGIN CATCH block

Question

Is it possible to raise an error in a stored procedure manually to stop execution and jump to BEGIN CATCH block? Some analog of throw new Exception() i

Answer 1

SQL has an error raising mechanism

RAISERROR ( { msg_id | msg_str | @local_variable }
{ ,severity ,state }
[ ,argument [ ,...n ] ] )
[ WITH option [ ,...n ] ]

Just look up Raiserror in the Books Online. But.. you have to generate an error of the appropriate severity, an error at severity 0 thru 10 do not cause you to jump to the catch block.