Get SSRS report to show SQLexception

Question

I have a problem where i want to show specific Exception Errors inside my reports(making life easier for the guy who has to fix things if they are borken).

I want my SQLexception

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and my SSRS exception

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to both show the SQL exception message.

Does anybody have a clue how i can fix this?

so far I have only hit a wall

Answer 1

First, you need to wrap the SQL in a try ... catch block ( see here ). This gives you control over what happens when the SQL throws an error and allows you to see the Error Message ( see here ).

In order for you to be able to display the error in SSRS, you have to still return a SELECT statement with the same columns you would have normally. This is because SSRS needs to know the column names ahead of time. So add a column to your original dataset like so:

SELECT Col1, Col2, ... , NULL as ERROR_MESSAGE

And then add this in your catch block:

SELECT NULL AS Col1, NULL as Col2, ... , ERROR_MESSAGE() as ERROR_MESSAGE

Then, in the report, you can check the Max(Fields!.ERROR_MESSAGE.Value) to determine if you should display the error message in that column or regular data.