Question

I have a script that gives an error when being executed:

Msg 1505, Level 16, State 1, Server CBR07I300FVA1, Line 1
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX terminated because a duplicate key was found for
index ID 17. Most significant primary key is '44'.
The statement has been terminated.

The script contains thousands of lines of queries so I have no idea where the error comes from in the script. Is there a way to know what “index ID 17” stands for?

Answer 1

Insert print statement before every significant step (say, create unique index) in the script and you’re done.

It’s usually done like this:

if @@error <> 0
   PRINT '@@error is ' + ltrim(str(@@error)) + '.'
else
   print 'Index IX_... successfully created'