TRY...CATCH in Sql Server

TRY...CATCH in Sql Server

Errors in Transact-SQL code can be processed by using a TRY…CATCH construct similar to the exception-handling features of the Microsoft Visual C++ and Microsoft Visual C# languages. A TRY…CATCH construct consists of two parts: a TRY block and a CATCH block. When an error condition is detected in a Transact-SQL statement that is inside a TRY block, control is passed to a CATCH block where the error can be processed.

After the CATCH block handles the exception, control is then transferred to the first Transact-SQL statement that follows the END CATCH statement. If the END CATCH statement is the last statement in a stored procedure or trigger, control is returned to the code that invoked the stored procedure or trigger.


BEGIN TRY
    SELECT *
        FROM sys.messages
        WHERE message_id = 21;
END TRY
GO
-- The previous GO breaks the script into two batches,
-- generating syntax errors. The script runs if this GO
-- is removed.
BEGIN CATCH
    SELECT ERROR_NUMBER() AS ErrorNumber;
END CATCH;
GO