Catch error in oracle package

Question

I am getting the following error:
ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error: number precision toll large ORA-06512: at "primary.package_check" at line 261 ORA-06512: at line 1
What should i do to catch this error in package? I am not a Oracle person...
thanks

Answer 1

Hi,
You could check you data and the line at which you are getting the error message.
If you want to ignore this error and contine then you could handle this error and continue by doing some thing like this.
BEGIN
-- Your sql statement
EXCEPTION
WHEN VALUE_ERROR THEN
NULL; -- ignore it and then continue the next statement
END;-- end block
But it is better you look into the code and data to see why yu are getting this error.
The Oracle help says this about this error.
ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error string
Cause: An arithmetic, numeric, string, conversion, or constraint error occurred. For example, this error occurs if an attempt is made to assign the value NULL to a variable declared NOT NULL, or if an attempt is made to assign an integer larger than 99 to a variable declared NUMBER(2).
Action: Change the data, how it is manipulated, or how it is declared so that values do not violate constraints.
Thanks