SIGNAL statement

Description

Signals an exception condition.

Syntax

SIGNAL exception-name

Usage

SIGNAL lets you raise an exception. See Chapter 1, “Using Procedures and Batches,” in the System Administration Guide: Volume 2 for a description of how exceptions are handled.

Side effects

None

Standards

SQL ISO/ANSI SQL compliant.

Sybase SIGNAL is not supported by Adaptive Server Enterprise.

Permissions

None

See also

BEGIN … END statement

RESIGNAL statement