CONTINUE in Oracle 10g - A Hack !

Question

How is the CONTINUE keyword is implemented in Oracle 11g? How would they have created it? Any good information you might think of, please share. Is there a way to create it on 10g
Thanks.
Edited by: guru paran on Dec 11, 2012 4:04 AM

Answer 1

That does not seem to work:
SQL> set serveroutput on
SQL> create or replace procedure continue
  2  as
  3  begin
  4   dbms_output.put_line('I am here...');
  5  end continue;
  6  /
Procedure is aangemaakt.
SQL> begin
  2    for i in 1..42
  3    loop
  4       null;
  5       continue;
  6       null;
  7    end loop;
  8  end;
  9  /
PL/SQL-procedure is geslaagd.
SQL>
SQL>Note: no screen output.
Apparently the compiler always favors the builtin CONTINUE above your own version...
CONTINUE is just shorthand for a particular kind of GOTO.
I'd advise not to use it too.