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  • October 29, 2012 at 12:55 pm

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    eugene.pipko (10/29/2012)

    Hi all,

    I have the following construct:

    select name, value

    from

    ( select name, value from view1

    union all

    select name, value from view2

    union all

    select name, value from view3

    )

    If any of the selects in the from fails, I need to display: 'no_data',0

    When I try to wrap each select in try/catch, SS screams at me.

    What are my options?

    Thanks,

    You can't just toss try/catch block in the middle of a query. What do you mean by "If any of the selects in the from fails"? Are you expecting an error when selecting from a view? Or do you mean "fail" because there are no rows returned?

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