PL/SQL Exception handling
ex
BEGIN
    -- first insert
    BEGIN
        Insert into myTab(ID,NAME) values (1,'name1');
    EXCEPTION 
        when DUP_VAL_ON_INDEX then
            null; -- do something or ignore the error
    END;
    -- second insert
    BEGIN
        Insert into myTab(ID,NAME) values (2,'name2');
    EXCEPTION 
        when DUP_VAL_ON_INDEX then
            null; -- do something or ignore the error
    END;
END;
There are two types of exceptions defined in PL/SQL
- User defined exception.
 
- System defined exceptions.
 
System defined exceptions:
System-defined exceptions are further divided into two categories:
- Named system exceptions.
 
- Unnamed system exceptions.
 
- Named system exceptions: They have a predefined name by the system like ACCESS_INTO_NULL, DUP_VAL_ON_INDEX, LOGIN_DENIED etc.....
 
- NO_DATA_FOUND: It is raised WHEN a SELECT INTO statement returns no rows
 
                       TOO_MANY_ROWS:It is raised WHEN a SELECT INTO statement returns more than one row
                       ZERO_DIVIDE = raises exception WHEN dividing with zero
Unnamed system exceptions:Oracle doesn’t provide name for some system exceptions called unnamed system exceptions.These exceptions don’t occur frequently.These exceptions have two parts code and an associated message.
The way to handle to these exceptions is to assign name to them using Pragma EXCEPTION_INIT
Syntax:
PRAGMA EXCEPTION_INIT(exception_name, -error_number);
error_number are pre-defined and have negative integer range from -20000 to -20999.
Example:
DECLARE
   exp exception; 
   pragma exception_init (exp, -20015); 
   n int:=10; 
  
BEGIN 
   .......
            RAISE exp; 
    ........
  
EXCEPTION 
   WHEN exp THEN
      dbms_output.put_line('aaaa'); 
  
END; 
Scope rules in exception handling:
We can’t DECLARE an exception twice but we can DECLARE the same exception in two dIFferent blocks.
Exceptions DECLAREd inside a block are local to that block and globalto all its sub-blocks.
As a block can reference only local or global exceptions, enclosing blocks cannot reference exceptions DECLAREd in a sub-block.
If we reDECLARE a global exception in a sub-block, the local declaration prevails i.e. the scope of local is more.
Example:
DECLARE
   AAAAA EXCEPTION; 
   age NUMBER:=16; 
BEGIN
  
   --  sub-block BEGINs  
   DECLARE       
        
      -- this declaration prevails  
      AAAAA EXCEPTION;   
      age NUMBER:=22; 
    
   BEGIN
      IF age > 16 THEN
         RAISE AAAAA ; /* this is not handled*/ 
      END IF; 
     
   END;           
   -- sub-block ends 
  
EXCEPTION 
  -- Does not handle raised exception  
  WHEN AAAAA THEN
    DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE 
      ('Handling  AAAAA exception.'); 
    
  WHEN OTHERS THEN
    DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE 
      ('Could not recognize exception AAAAA in this scope.'); 
END; 
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LIST of Ex
Brief descriptions of the predefined exceptions follow: