try/catch not taking catch path

• tshad

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  August 8, 2013 at 4:00 pm

  #395269

  if you have the following code (where temptable does not exist):

  BEGIN TRAN

  BEGIN TRY

  PRINT 'Before bad insert'

  INSERT temptable

  VALUES ( 1, 2, 3 )

  PRINT 'After bad insert'

  COMMIT TRAN

  END TRY

  BEGIN CATCH

  PRINT 'Inside CATCH before ROLLBACK'

  ROLLBACK TRAN

  PRINT 'Inside CATCH after ROLLBACK'

  END CATCH

  I get the following in my query message window:

  Before bad insert

  Msg 208, Level 16, State 1, Line 4

  Invalid object name 'temptable'.

  Why doesn't it take the Catch condition?

  Thanks,

  Tom

• Sean Lange

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  August 9, 2013 at 7:22 am

  #1640140

  Duplicate post. direct replies here. http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1482598-392-1.aspx

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