Sql-server – SQLSTATE 01000 in SQL Server job output

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I've got SQL Server jobs running that include periodic 'print' statements so that I can look in the job history and get a sense of what happened. But the output is cluttered with [SQLSTATE 01000]. Given that there is a limit to how much will fit in this output, I'd like as much space as possible for information I care about.

Is there any way to suppress the [SQLSTATE 01000] output for 'print' commands?

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The problem (sorry. "feature") is with the PRINT command in SQL Agent. I've overcome this problem by creating a table variable with one column for 'output' and populating it as I progress through my script, then at the very end of the job SELECT from the table variable. Piping the output to a file through SQL Agent gives me a log of the job. At any point in the job if it encounters an error, I dump the contents of the table before quitting. (I typically include the command to be executed into the table variable immediately before executing it). Simply replacing all your PRINT statements with one SELECT statement at the end of the job will get rid of those pesky [SQLSTATE 01000] suffixes to

every... damn... line...

Cheers, Ken

Syntax:

ALTER TABLE {TABLENAME} 
ADD {COLUMNNAME} {TYPE} {NULL|NOT NULL} 
CONSTRAINT {CONSTRAINT_NAME} DEFAULT {DEFAULT_VALUE}
WITH VALUES

Example:

ALTER TABLE SomeTable
        ADD SomeCol Bit NULL --Or NOT NULL.
 CONSTRAINT D_SomeTable_SomeCol --When Omitted a Default-Constraint Name is autogenerated.
    DEFAULT (0)--Optional Default-Constraint.
WITH VALUES --Add if Column is Nullable and you want the Default Value for Existing Records.

Notes:

Optional Constraint Name:
If you leave out CONSTRAINT D_SomeTable_SomeCol then SQL Server will autogenerate
a Default-Contraint with a funny Name like: DF__SomeTa__SomeC__4FB7FEF6

Optional With-Values Statement:
The WITH VALUES is only needed when your Column is Nullable
and you want the Default Value used for Existing Records.
If your Column is NOT NULL, then it will automatically use the Default Value
for all Existing Records, whether you specify WITH VALUES or not.

How Inserts work with a Default-Constraint:
If you insert a Record into SomeTable and do not Specify SomeCol's value, then it will Default to 0.
If you insert a Record and Specify SomeCol's value as NULL (and your column allows nulls),
then the Default-Constraint will not be used and NULL will be inserted as the Value.

Notes were based on everyone's great feedback below.
Special Thanks to:
@Yatrix, @WalterStabosz, @YahooSerious, and @StackMan for their Comments.

Sql – How to return only the Date from a SQL Server DateTime datatype

SELECT DATEADD(dd, 0, DATEDIFF(dd, 0, @your_date))

for example

SELECT DATEADD(dd, 0, DATEDIFF(dd, 0, GETDATE()))

gives me

2008-09-22 00:00:00.000

Pros:

No varchar<->datetime conversions required
No need to think about locale

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