Get List Of All Error Codes In SQL Server 2008
In this article I will tell you how to to get list of error codes and messages in SQL Server.
In this article I will tell you how to to get list of error codes and messages in SQL Server. SQL Server displays the error message on the user's screen. Each error message has an corresponding error number which uniquely specifies the type of error.
We can get all the error messages as follows:
USE master
GO
SELECT * FROM dbo.sysmessages
This will return Error numbers that uniquely identifies the error, Severity level which defines nature of the error, Dlevel is used for internal purpose, Description defines explanation of the error that occurred and Mslangid is system message group ID.
Result:

Note: We can also create user defined error message using system stored procedure. You can follow from here: Creating User Defined Error Message In SQL Server 2008.