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ALTER EXCEPTION Examples

Changing the default message for the exception E_LARGE_VALUE
ALTER EXCEPTION E_LARGE_VALUE
  'The value exceeds the prescribed limit of 32,765 bytes';
See also

[fblangref50-ddl-exception-create], [fblangref50-ddl-exception-crtalter], [fblangref50-ddl-exception-drop], [fblangref50-ddl-exception-recreate]

CREATE OR ALTER EXCEPTION

Creates a custom exception if it doesn’t exist, or alters a custom exception

Available in

DSQL

Syntax
CREATE OR ALTER EXCEPTION exception_name '<message>'

!! See syntax of CREATE EXCEPTION for further rules !!

The statement CREATE OR ALTER EXCEPTION is used to create the specified exception if it does not exist, or to modify the text of the error message returned from it if it exists already.If an existing exception is altered by this statement, any existing dependencies will remain intact.