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Your very own TRY..CATCH

Alter dbo.cuspRideSummaryDelete to include an intentional error so we can see how the TRY CATCH block works.

This exercise is part of the course

Writing Functions and Stored Procedures in SQL Server

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Exercise instructions

  • Incorrectly assign @DateParm a nvarchar(30) data type instead of a date.
  • Include @Error as an optional OUTPUT parameter.
  • Include the DELETE statement within the BEGIN TRY...END TRY block.
  • Concatenate the ERROR_NUMBER(), ERROR_SEVERITY(), ERROR_STATE(), ERROR_MESSAGE(), ERROR_LINE() within the BEGIN CATCH...END CATCH block and SET to @Error.

Hands-on interactive exercise

Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.

-- Alter the stored procedure
CREATE OR ALTER PROCEDURE dbo.cuspRideSummaryDelete
	-- (Incorrectly) specify @DateParm
	___ ___(30),
    -- Specify @Error
	___ nvarchar(max) = NULL OUTPUT
AS
SET NOCOUNT ON
BEGIN
  -- Start of the TRY block
  ___ ___
  	  -- Delete
      DELETE FROM RideSummary
      WHERE Date = @DateParm
  -- End of the TRY block
  ___ ___
  -- Start of the CATCH block
  ___ ___
		SET @Error = 
		'Error_Number: '+ CAST(___() AS VARCHAR) +
		'Error_Severity: '+ CAST(___() AS VARCHAR) +
		'Error_State: ' + CAST(___() AS VARCHAR) + 
		'Error_Message: ' + ___() + 
		'Error_Line: ' + CAST(___() AS VARCHAR)
  -- End of the CATCH block
  ___ ___
END;
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