Severity Levels 10 – 18

Error messages with severity levels 10–16 are generated by problems that are caused by user errors. These problems can be corrected by the user. Severity levels 17 and 18 do not terminate the user’s session.

Error messages with severity levels 17 and higher should be reported to the system administrator or database owner.

• Level 10: Status Information
  Messages with severity level 10 provide additional information after certain commands have been executed and, typically, do not display the message number or severity level.
• Level 11: Specified Database Object Not Found
  Messages with severity level 11 indicate that SAP ASE cannot find an object that is referenced in a command.
• Level 12: Wrong Datatype Encountered
  Messages with severity level 12 indicate a problem with datatypes. For example, the user may have tried to enter a value of the wrong datatype in a column or to compare columns of different and incompatible datatypes.
• Level 13: User Transaction Syntax Error
  Messages with severity level 13 indicate that something is wrong with the current user-defined transaction.
• Level 14: Insufficient Permission to Execute Command
  Messages with severity level 14 mean that the user does not have the necessary permission to execute the command or access the database object. Users can ask the owner of the database object, the owner of the database, or the system administrator to grant them permission to use the command or object in question.
• Level 15: Syntax Error in SQL Statement
  Messages with severity level 15 indicate that the user has made a mistake in the syntax of the command. The text of these error messages includes the line numbers on which the mistake occurs and the specific word near which it occurs.
• Level 16: Miscellaneous User Error
  Most error messages with severity level 16 reflect that the user has made a nonfatal mistake that does not fall into any of the other categories. Severity level 16 and higher might also indicate software or hardware errors.
• Level 17: Insufficient Resources
  Error messages with severity level 17 mean that the command has caused SAP ASE to run out of resources or to exceed some limit set by the system administrator. The user can continue, although he or she might not be able to execute a particular command
• Level 18: Nonfatal Internal Error Detected
  Error messages with severity level 18 indicate an internal software bug. However, the command runs to completion, and the connection to SAP ASE is maintained.