Unique Key Violation in SQL Server - Is it safe to assume Error 2627?
Within an approximation, yes.
If you search the MS error and events site for SQL Server, error 2627, you should hopefully reach this page1, which indicates that the message will always concern a duplicate key violation (note which parts are parameterized, and which not):
Violation of %ls constraint '%.*ls'. Cannot insert duplicate key in object '%.*ls'.
1As @2020-06-18, Database engine errors and events would be the correct page to go to
2627 is unique constraint (includes primary key), 2601 is unique index
SELECT * FROM sys.messages
WHERE text like '%duplicate%' and text like '%key%' and language_id = 1033
Here is a handy extension method I wrote to find these:
public static bool IsUniqueKeyViolation(this SqlException ex)
{
return ex.Errors.Cast<SqlError>().Any(e => e.Class == 14 && (e.Number == 2601 || e.Number == 2627 ));
}