## Syntax
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## Purpose
The `SQLERRM` SQL function gets the error message of the last SQL error that occurred during execution. The function can be used without parentheses.
See also [[SQLCODE]] and [[SQLROWCOUNT]].
Returns: the error message of the last error as `varchar2`. Returns `null` when no error occurred.
## Examples
The following example retrieves the error message of the last error; the output is empty since no error occurred:
```sql
select sqlerrm
-------------------
```