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Let’s use this in a simple example:
RAISERROR (‘This is a sample parameterized %s, along with a zero
padding and a sign%+010d’,1,1, ‘string’, 12121);
If you execute this, you get back something that looks a little different from what’s in the quotation
marks:
This is a sample parameterized string, along with a zero
padding and a sign+000012121
Msg 50000, Level 1, State 1
The extra values supplied were inserted, in order, into your placeholders, with the final value being
reformatted as specified.
WITH
Currently, you can mix and match three options when you raise an error:
❑ LOG
❑ SETERROR
❑ NOWAIT
WITH LOG
This tells SQL Server to log the error to the SQL Server error log and the Windows Application Log. This
option is required with severity levels that are 19 or higher.
WITH SETERROR
By default, a RAISERROR command doesn’t set @@ERROR with the value of the error you generated.
Instead, @@ERROR reflects the success or failure of your actual RAISERROR command. SETERROR overrides
this and sets the value of @@ERROR to be equal to your error ID.
WITH NOWAIT
Immediately notifies the client of the error.
Adding Your Own Custom Error Messages
We can make use of a special system stored procedure to add messages to the system. The sproc is called
sp_addmessage, and the syntax looks like this:
sp_addmessage [@msgnum =] ,
[@severity =] ,
[@msgtext =]
[, [@lang =] ]
[, [@with_log =] [TRUE|FALSE]]
[, [@replace =] ‘replace‘]
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