Chapter 11. Exceptions: Advanced Concepts

Chapter Objectives

In this Chapter, you will learn about:

RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR

EXCEPTION_INIT Pragma

SQLCODE and SQLERRM

In Chapters 7 and 10, you encountered the concept of error handling, built-in exceptions, and user-defined exceptions. You also learned about the scope of an exception, and how to re-raise an exception.

In this chapter you will conclude your exploration of error handling and exceptions with a study of advanced topics. After working through this chapter, you will be able to associate an error number with an error message. You also will be able to trap a runtime error having an Oracle error number but no name by which it can be referenced.

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