Cannot set or reset the 'parseonly' option within a procedure or function.

Error Message:
Msg 1059, Level 15, State 1, Procedure, Line 0
Cannot set or reset the ‘parseonly’ option within a procedure or function.

Severity level:
15.

Description:
This error message appears when you try to use the ‘parseonly’ option in a procedure or function.

Consequences:
The SQL statement cannot be parsed and further execution is stopped.

Resolution:
Errors of the Severity Level 15 are generated by the user and can be fixed by the SQL Server user. The statement cannot be executed this way. You cannot use the ‘parseonly’ option in a procedure or function.

Versions:
All versions of SQL Server.

Example(s):
IF OBJECT_ID (‘dbo.uspT’) IS NOT NULL
    DROP PROCEDURE dbo.uspt;
GO
CREATE PROCEDURE dbo.uspT
AS
SET NOCOUNT ON;
SET PARSEONLY ON;
SELECT 1;

GO

Remarks:
In the above example we try to use the ‘parseonly’ option in the procedure dbo.uspT. This raises the error.

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