Error Message:
Msg 133, Level 15, State 1, Line 10
A GOTO statement references the label ‘%.*ls’ but the label has not been declared.
Severity level:
15.
Description:
This error message appears when you try to reference a label which has not been declared yet
Consequences:
The SQL statement cannot be parsed and further execution is stopped.
Resolution:
Error of the Severity level 15 are generated by the user and can be fixed by the SQL Server user. All labels that are referenced must also be created.
Versions:
All versions of SQL Server.
Example(s):
USE tempdb;
GO
DECLARE @i int;
SET @i = 1;
WHILE @i < 10
BEGIN
SELECT @i
SET @i = @i + 1
IF @i = 4 GOTO Branch_2
END
Branch_1:
SELECT ‘This is Branch_1.’
Remarks:
In the above example we try to jump at a certain condition to the non-existant label Branch_1. This raises the error.