Get the error in dos cmd line

Hi everyone,

I have a cmd file that executes sql statements:

something like this:

Code Snippet

OSQL -S %sqlServer% -E -b -n -i DATABASE.sql"
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO error
echo -

...

:error
@.ECHO An error occured in [%errorLevel%]
echo [%errorLevel%] > %1

GOTO EXIT

if there is an error, I print the errorlevel in a txt file wich is a parameter in the command (%1)

What I want is: instead of sending the %errorlevel% to the txt, I want to send the error description but I don't know the variable that keeps the error description.

Any help please

Thanx in advance

I really need to know if there is some variable that gives me the sql error because when I execute the cmd, if there's an error

the error is printed int the cmd window.

The errorlevel var just give me the number "1" but I would like to get something like

"An error in database ocurred due to database already exists" or something like that.

Please I'll apreciate any ideias you may have
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Instead of overwriting the error log file, I would just append the error to the file instead.

Code Snippet

ECHO OFF

OSQL -S %sqlServer% -E -b -n -i test.sql > %1
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO error
ECHO "" > %1
EXIT

:error
@.ECHO An error occured in [%errorLevel%]
echo [%errorLevel%] >> %1

This way you either have a blank file, or you have a file with an error message and errorLevel code.

|||Thanx for the answer ShawnNWF, that will do the trick for sure