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# @@PACKET_ERRORS (Transact-SQL)
[!INCLUDE[tsql-appliesto-ss2008-xxxx-xxxx-xxx-md](../../includes/tsql-appliesto-ss2008-xxxx-xxxx-xxx-md.md)]

  Returns the number of network packet errors that have occurred on [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] connections since [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] was last started.  
  
 ![Topic link icon](../../database-engine/configure-windows/media/topic-link.gif "Topic link icon") [Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions](../../t-sql/language-elements/transact-sql-syntax-conventions-transact-sql.md)  
  
## Syntax  
  
```  
  
@@PACKET_ERRORS  
```  
  
## Return Types  
 **integer**  
  
## Remarks  
 To display a report containing several [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] statistics, including packet errors, run **sp_monitor**.  
  
## Examples  
 The following example shows using `@@PACKET_ERRORS`.  
  
```  
SELECT @@PACKET_ERRORS AS 'Packet Errors';  
```  
  
 Here is a sample result set.  
  
```  
Packet Errors  
-------------  
0  
```  
  
## See Also  
 [@@PACK_RECEIVED (Transact-SQL)](../../t-sql/functions/pack-received-transact-sql.md)   
 [@@PACK_SENT (Transact-SQL)](../../t-sql/functions/pack-sent-transact-sql.md)   
 [sp_monitor (Transact-SQL)](../../relational-databases/system-stored-procedures/sp-monitor-transact-sql.md)   
 [System Statistical Functions (Transact-SQL)](../../t-sql/functions/system-statistical-functions-transact-sql.md)