error handling flow

i've got a stored procedure (a) that calls another stored procedure
(b). inside b i become a deadlock victim and i die. how can i "catch"
this in a? using if @.@.error <> 0 in a doesn't seem to work. also, i'm
using sql server 2003 so no try/catch. thanks!
arthurYou're not using SQL Server 2003, since it doesn't exists. I assume a typo a
nd you mean 2000.
You cannot catch a deadlock at the TSQL level. You have to do it in the clie
nt. This is one of the
nice things with TRY/CATCH in 2005, that you can catch a deadlock situation
at the TSQL level.
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
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"arthur" <alangham@.gmail.com> wrote in message
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> i've got a stored procedure (a) that calls another stored procedure
> (b). inside b i become a deadlock victim and i die. how can i "catch"
> this in a? using if @.@.error <> 0 in a doesn't seem to work. also, i'm
> using sql server 2003 so no try/catch. thanks!
> arthur
>|||2000, right. thanks for clearing that up (not the 2000 part, the catch
part)!