Store T-SQL warning messages into table - sql

Question

Is there any way I can insert the warning messages into a table?
Specifically I mean the warnings that are like 'The module 'x' depends on the missing object 'y'. The module will still be created; however, it cannot run successfully until the object exists.' which are not picked up by the system error messages

Answer 1

You probably don't want to know about every single message, as some of them are completely benign, for example Warning: Null value is eliminated by an aggregate or other SET operation.
You can use sp_altermessage to log specific errors that are not logged by default.
EXEC sp_altermessage
#message_id = 2007,
#parameter = 'WITH_LOG',
#parameter_value = 'false';
The last parameter specifies whether to log to the Windows event log also.
The error you are talking about is error 2007. You can view all errors using
select * from sys.messages
Another option is to set up an Extended Events session, which logs all errors.
For example, I have this one on my server (note that it only logs to the ring buffer, but you can log to a file also).
CREATE EVENT SESSION [Errors] ON SERVER
ADD EVENT sqlserver.error_reported (
ACTION (
sqlserver.client_hostname,
sqlserver.sql_text,
sqlserver.tsql_stack
)
WHERE ([severity] > 10 AND [error_number] <> 3980 AND [error_number] <> 17830)
)
ADD TARGET package0.ring_buffer (
SET max_events_limit = 50,
occurrence_number= 50
)
WITH (
MAX_MEMORY = 4096 KB,
EVENT_RETENTION_MODE = ALLOW_SINGLE_EVENT_LOSS,
MAX_DISPATCH_LATENCY = 30 SECONDS,
MAX_EVENT_SIZE = 0 KB,
MEMORY_PARTITION_MODE = NONE,
TRACK_CAUSALITY = OFF,
STARTUP_STATE=ON
);
GO