# \[Feature-14336\]Script Evaluation Error Tooltip Is Not Helpful

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-14336-script-evaluation-error-tooltip-is-not-helpful/26188>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [June 30, 2019, 4:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-14336-script-evaluation-error-tooltip-is-not-helpful/26188 "2019-06-30T16:59:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Katarn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@Katarn](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Katarn)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2019, 4:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-14336-script-evaluation-error-tooltip-is-not-helpful/26188/1 "2019-06-30T16:59:15Z")

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I have a script which is throwing an Error\_ScriptEval warning in the script transform editor, but the tooltip provides only part of a stacktrace which refers to internals instead of my code, so I only know where the error is occurring, but not why.

Offending code:

```auto
query = 'a working query'
database = 'CRS'
txid = system.db.beginTransaction(database=database, isolationLevel=system.db.SERIALIZABLE, timeout=3000)
system.db.runQuery(query=query, database=database, tx=txid)

```

Tooltip (line 10 is the system.db.runQuery call):

```auto
Error_ScriptEval("Traceback(most recent call last):
    File "<transform>", line 10, in transform 
at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.script.builtin.AbstractDBUtilities.error(AbstractDBUtilities.java:362)
at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.script.builtin.AbstractDBUtilities.error(AbstractDBUtilities.java:333)
at jdk,internal.reflect.GeneratedMethodAcccessor226.invoke(Unknown Source)

```

If I actually trigger the offending code, then logging I’ve place immediately after the offending code is never displayed in the logs. I see no logging of the transform failing, it just quietly fails and doesn’t clarify why.

Any insight would be appreciated!

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2019, 3:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-14336-script-evaluation-error-tooltip-is-not-helpful/26188/2 "2019-07-01T15:28:19Z")

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Try putting the `Gateway.Database.Selects` (or `Updates`, as appropriate) logger to TRACE on the gateway and see whether any useful information is given about why the query is failing. The stacktrace is just indicating _some_ exception happened, but not really indicating what the problem is, so logs are your best bet.

[https://support.inductiveautomation.com/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/119/0/obtaining-ignition-logs#change-logger-level](https://support.inductiveautomation.com/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/119/0/obtaining-ignition-logs#change-logger-level)