Thank you, Naomi. I will try your suggestion.
>Hi Dmitry,
>
>I don't think there is a really simple way (except for RAISERROR with LOG option, but I forgot what exactly does it do).
>
>It also depends on which mode do you execute your SP - in sqlcmd mode the output will go to a file.
>
>Try also googling on the 'T-SQL Log files' and see what other developers suggest.
>
>>Thank you, Naomi.
>>
>>Do you know if the SP code can write a file to a drive? In my VFP 9 or ASP.NET, when I want to check what is going on during the run-time, I write small "log" files. Just to know that this Condition or that Condition has been met.
>>Do you know if this is possible in a SQL Server SP?
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>T-SQL is really very limited language in terms of the things like SWITCH (or CASE). You would need to do
>>>
>>>IF
>>> begin
>>> code here
>>> end
>>>ELSE
>>> begin
>>> IF other condition
>>> begin
>>> some code
>>> end
>>> END
>>>
>>>
>>>In T-SQL you can use GOTO someLabel. I don't like this construct myself, but here I see it used a lot in the stored procedures.
>>>
>>>>Hi,
>>>>
>>>>I am troubleshooting a fairly large stored procedure. And I think the issue is that some IF - ENDIF do not separate various conditions. Even though I use BEGIN and END.
>>>>What is a good practice to separate various IF conditions in a stored procedure?
>>>>
>>>>TIA
>>>>
>>>>UPDATE. I also wanted to find out if there is a way to use ELSEIF in a stored procedure. I know you can do ELSE, but if I wanted to have multiple conditions, ELSEIF would be helpful. Or, is CASE - END the only way to have multiple conditions.
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