Script function

world.DatabaseError

Type

Method

Summary

Returns an English string describing the most recent SQL error

Prototype

BSTR DatabaseError(BSTR DbName);

Description

Call this after one of the other Database routines returns an error code (generally, a code other than 0, 100 or 101).

This will return an explanatory string.

To help with debugging however, codes 100 and 101 also return:

100: "row ready"
101: "finished"

Available in MUSHclient version 4.4 onwards.

Lua example

err = DatabaseError ("db")

Return value

The error message.

See Also ...

Topics

Database (SQLite)
Lua SQLite (database) interface
Scripting

Functions

(DatabaseChanges) Returns a count of the changes to the database by the most recent SQL statement
(DatabaseClose) Closes an SQLite database
(DatabaseColumnName) Find the name of a specified column returned by an SQL statement
(DatabaseColumnNames) Return a table of all the columns returned by an SQL statement
(DatabaseColumns) Find how many columns will be returned by an SQL statement
(DatabaseColumnText) Returns the contents of an SQL column, as text
(DatabaseColumnType) Returns the type of data in an SQL column
(DatabaseColumnValue) Returns the contents of an SQL column, as text, float, integer, or null
(DatabaseColumnValues) Returns the contents of all the SQL columns after a step
(DatabaseExec) Executes SQL code against an SQLite database
(DatabaseFinalize) Finalizes (wraps up) a previously-prepared SQL statement
(DatabaseGetField) Returns a single field from an SQL database
(DatabaseInfo) Returns information about a database
(DatabaseLastInsertRowid) Returns the most recently automatically allocated database key
(DatabaseList) Lists all databases
(DatabaseOpen) Opens an SQLite database
(DatabasePrepare) Prepares an SQL statement for execution
(DatabaseReset) Resets a previously-prepared SQL statement to the start
(DatabaseStep) Executes a previously-prepared SQL statement
(DatabaseTotalChanges) Returns a count of the total changes to the database

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