[API reference](https://evolu.dev/docs/api-reference) › [@evolu/sqlite-wasm](https://evolu.dev/docs/api-reference/sqlite-wasm) › [c-api](https://evolu.dev/docs/api-reference/sqlite-wasm/c-api) › sqlite3\_set\_errmsg

```ts
function sqlite3_set_errmsg(
  deps: SqliteWasmDep,
): (
  db: SqliteDbPtr,
  errcode: SqliteResultCode,
  zErrMsg: 0 | CStringPtr,
) => SqliteResultCode;
```

Defined in: [packages/sqlite-wasm/src/CApi.ts:1709](https://github.com/evoluhq/evolu/blob/bc4578a260dd15d5bbf94b83765ca05984d194cb/packages/sqlite-wasm/src/CApi.ts#L1709)

Sets the error code and a copy of zErrMsg, or the code's default message for
NULL, that [sqlite3\_errcode](https://evolu.dev/docs/api-reference/sqlite-wasm/c-api/functions/sqlite3_errcode) and [sqlite3\_errmsg](https://evolu.dev/docs/api-reference/sqlite-wasm/c-api/functions/sqlite3_errmsg) report for a
connection until SQLite or another call replaces them.

Wasm type `i(iii)`. Signature `["sqlite3_set_errmsg", "int", "sqlite3*",
"int", "string"]` from SQLite's table.

See https://sqlite.org/c3ref/set_errmsg.html.