{"record":{"id":"a78db901b1f18852","repo":"hibernate/hibernate-orm","slug":"can-t-emulate-on-error-clause-on-sql-server","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"Can't emulate on error clause on SQL server","messagePattern":"Can't emulate on error clause on SQL server","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"QueryException","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/function/json/SQLServerJsonQueryFunction.java","lineNumber":36,"sourceCode":"\n/**\n * SQL Server json_query function.\n */\npublic class SQLServerJsonQueryFunction extends JsonQueryFunction {\n\n\tpublic SQLServerJsonQueryFunction(TypeConfiguration typeConfiguration) {\n\t\tsuper( typeConfiguration, true, false );\n\t}\n\n\t@Override\n\tprotected void render(\n\t\t\tSqlAppender sqlAppender,\n\t\t\tJsonQueryArguments arguments,\n\t\t\tReturnableType<?> returnType,\n\t\t\tSqlAstTranslator<?> walker) {\n\t\t// openjson errors by default\n\t\tif ( arguments.errorBehavior() != null && arguments.errorBehavior() != JsonQueryErrorBehavior.ERROR ) {\n\t\t\tthrow new QueryException( \"Can't emulate on error clause on SQL server\" );\n\t\t}\n\t\tfinal List<JsonPathHelper.JsonPathElement> jsonPathElements = JsonPathHelper.parseJsonPathElements(\n\t\t\t\twalker.getLiteralValue( arguments.jsonPath() )\n\t\t);\n\t\tif ( arguments.emptyBehavior() == JsonQueryEmptyBehavior.EMPTY_ARRAY\n\t\t\t\t|| arguments.emptyBehavior() == JsonQueryEmptyBehavior.EMPTY_OBJECT ) {\n\t\t\tsqlAppender.appendSql( \"coalesce(\" );\n\t\t}\n\t\trender( sqlAppender, arguments, jsonPathElements, jsonPathElements.size() - 1, walker );\n\t\tif ( arguments.emptyBehavior() == JsonQueryEmptyBehavior.EMPTY_ARRAY ) {\n\t\t\tsqlAppender.appendSql( \",'[]')\" );\n\t\t}\n\t\telse if ( arguments.emptyBehavior() == JsonQueryEmptyBehavior.EMPTY_OBJECT ) {\n\t\t\tsqlAppender.appendSql( \",'{}')\" );\n\t\t}\n\t}\n\n\tprivate void render(","sourceCodeStart":18,"sourceCodeEnd":54,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/hibernate/hibernate-orm/blob/fad1729dce015f908198d57a8d80274a30f905a5/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/function/json/SQLServerJsonQueryFunction.java#L18-L54","documentation":"Error \"Can't emulate on error clause on SQL server\" thrown in hibernate/hibernate-orm.","triggerScenarios":"Triggered when the application calls a Hibernate dialect feature that the configured database dialect cannot provide: Can't emulate on error clause on SQL server.","commonSituations":"Common when running against a database whose dialect lacks this capability, when a mapping or HQL/Criteria query requests unsupported functionality, or when the wrong dialect is configured for the database in use. Error: Can't emulate on error clause on SQL server.","solutions":["Remove the ON ERROR clause for SQL Server."],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":null,"validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"fad1729dce015f908198d57a8d80274a30f905a5","analyzedAt":"2026-08-22T04:13:57.527Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-22T09:17:25.309Z"}