RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR v12

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The procedure, RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR, allows a developer to intentionally abort processing within an SPL program from which it is called by causing an exception. The exception is handled in the same manner as described in Exception Handling. In addition, the RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR procedure makes a user-defined code and error message available to the program which can then be used to identify the exception.

RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR(<error_number>, <message>);

Where:

error_number is an integer value or expression that is returned in a variable named SQLCODE when the procedure is executed. error_number must be a value between ‑20000 and -20999.

message is a string literal or expression that is returned in a variable named SQLERRM.

For additional information on the SQLCODE and SQLERRM variables, see Errors and Messages.

The following example uses the RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR procedure to display a different code and message depending upon the information missing from an employee.

CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE verify_emp (
    p_empno         NUMBER
)
IS
    v_ename         emp.ename%TYPE;
    v_job           emp.job%TYPE;
    v_mgr           emp.mgr%TYPE;
    v_hiredate      emp.hiredate%TYPE;
BEGIN
    SELECT ename, job, mgr, hiredate
        INTO v_ename, v_job, v_mgr, v_hiredate FROM emp
        WHERE empno = p_empno;
    IF v_ename IS NULL THEN
        RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR(-20010, 'No name for ' || p_empno);
    END IF;
    IF v_job IS NULL THEN
        RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR(-20020, 'No job for' || p_empno);
    END IF;
    IF v_mgr IS NULL THEN
        RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR(-20030, 'No manager for ' || p_empno);
    END IF;
    IF v_hiredate IS NULL THEN
        RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR(-20040, 'No hire date for ' || p_empno);
    END IF;
    DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Employee ' || p_empno ||
        ' validated without errors');
EXCEPTION
    WHEN OTHERS THEN
        DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('SQLCODE: ' || SQLCODE);
        DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('SQLERRM: ' || SQLERRM);
END;

The following shows the output in a case where the manager number is missing from an employee record.

EXEC verify_emp(7839);

SQLCODE: -20030
SQLERRM: EDB-20030: No manager for 7839
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