SQL Server Denali THROW statement to raise an exception

Raising exception with THROW statement in SQL Server Denali

Prior to SQL Server 2005, writing code for exception handling was painful for T-SQL developers. SQL Server 2005 introduced structured exception handling with BEGIN TRY...BEGIN CATCH blocks. Though this inclusion made managing exceptions in T-SQL programming quite easier, it has some limitations. In this tip I am going to talk about some of these challenges and limitations, then show how a new command THROW in SQL Server Denali overcomes those items, click here for more info.