as phil said you can do the error object
http://www.w3schools.com/ado/ado_ref_error.asp
but i think that the die statement is more like "on error resume next"
you can look for it in this ADD sample
http://www.w3schools.com/ado/ado_add.asp
you can play with them both to make your own message or a real ADO error jibrish text
