SetSilentErrorMessages()

Specifies whether error messages need to be displayed on screen or not.

Syntax

SetSilentErrorMessages( silent )

silent  :=  { Y | N }

If error messages are "silent" (ie., silent = Y), they do not appear on the screen but they may still, depending on actions and settings, be written to message history, logfiles, etc.

Scope

The effect of SetSilentErrorMessages() is a global setting, meaning that it applies until the end of the session or until revoked by calling SetSilentErrorMessages() with the opposite value.

There are also other settings influencing message display, that have different scope and overrule SetSilentErrorMessages() while in scope. For example:

•The -quiet switch of the BatchRunner internal component allows you to suppress messages for the duration of a job run.

•The showErrorMessages setting in SqlScript() allows you to suppress messages until the end of the script.

See also

SetSilentInformationMessages()

SetSilentWarningMessages()