Can we use return statement in procedure?

Question

Can we use return statement in procedure or we can use more than one return statement in procedure?

Answer 1

HamidHelal wrote:
NOReally? Did you at least test it? You can use RETURN in procedure or in anonymous PL/SQL block. The only restriction is you can't specify return value:
SQL> begin
  2      dbms_output.put_line('Before return');
  3      return;
  4      dbms_output.put_line('After return');
  5  end;
  6  /
Before return
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> create or replace
  2    procedure p1
  3      is
  4      begin
  5          dbms_output.put_line('Before return');
  6          return;
  7          dbms_output.put_line('After return');
  8  end;
  9  /
Procedure created.
SQL> exec p1;
Before return
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> begin
  2      dbms_output.put_line('Before return');
  3      return 99;
  4          dbms_output.put_line('After return');
  5  end;
  6  /
    return 99;
ERROR at line 3:
ORA-06550: line 3, column 5:
PLS-00372: In a procedure, RETURN statement cannot contain an expression
ORA-06550: line 3, column 5:
PL/SQL: Statement ignored
SQL> create or replace
  2    procedure p1
  3      is
  4      begin
  5          dbms_output.put_line('Before return');
  6          return 99;
  7          dbms_output.put_line('After return');
  8  end;
  9  /
Warning: Procedure created with compilation errors.
SQL> show err
Errors for PROCEDURE P1:
LINE/COL ERROR
5/9      PL/SQL: Statement ignored
5/9      PLS-00372: In a procedure, RETURN statement cannot contain an
         expression
SQL> SY.