diff --git a/extensions/schema-compare/src/schemaCompareMainWindow.ts b/extensions/schema-compare/src/schemaCompareMainWindow.ts
index 30732c8e54..2759689d28 100644
--- a/extensions/schema-compare/src/schemaCompareMainWindow.ts
+++ b/extensions/schema-compare/src/schemaCompareMainWindow.ts
@@ -898,7 +898,7 @@ export class SchemaCompareMainWindow {
 						throw new Error(`Unsupported SchemaCompareEndpointType: ${getSchemaCompareEndpointString(this.targetEndpointInfo.endpointType)}`);
 				}
 
-				if (!result || !result.success || result.errorMessage !== '') {
+				if (!result || !result.success || result.errorMessage) {
 					TelemetryReporter.createErrorEvent(TelemetryViews.SchemaCompareMainWindow, 'SchemaCompareApplyFailed', undefined, getTelemetryErrorType(result?.errorMessage))
 						.withAdditionalProperties({
 							'operationId': this.comparisonResult.operationId,
diff --git a/extensions/sql-database-projects/src/controllers/projectController.ts b/extensions/sql-database-projects/src/controllers/projectController.ts
index c62cc32e99..32ccfbd8ed 100644
--- a/extensions/sql-database-projects/src/controllers/projectController.ts
+++ b/extensions/sql-database-projects/src/controllers/projectController.ts
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ export class ProjectsController {
 
 		const result: mssql.SchemaComparePublishProjectResult = await service.schemaComparePublishProjectChanges(operationId, projectPath, fs, utils.getAzdataApi()!.TaskExecutionMode.execute);
 
-		if (result.errorMessage === '') {
+		if (!result.errorMessage) {
 			const project = await Project.openProject(projectFilePath);
 
 			let toAdd: vscode.Uri[] = [];