Does anyone know why this won't compile? Thanks in advance.

Question

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION frank.emails
RETURN varchar2
is
temp_em varchar2;
BEGIN
select 'abc' into temp_em from dual;
return temp_em;
EXCEPTION
WHEN NO_DATA_FOUND THEN
NULL;
WHEN OTHERS THEN
-- Consider logging the error and then re-raise
RAISE;
END emails;
Warning: compiled but with compilation errors

Answer 1

TOAD would take you directly to the line where the error is. And "show error" command should work in TOAD as well. Just run the following using the "Execute as script" option:
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION emails
RETURN varchar2
is
temp_em varchar2;
BEGIN
select 'abc' into temp_em from dual;
return temp_em;
EXCEPTION
WHEN NO_DATA_FOUND THEN
NULL;
WHEN OTHERS THEN
-- Consider logging the error and then re-raise
RAISE;
END emails;
show error;Output:
Warning: compiled but with compilation errors
Errors for FUNCTION EMAILS
LINE/COL ERROR                                                           
4/9      PLS-00215: String length constraints must be in range (1 .. 32767
         )      OR if you compile your code (in post#1) using "Compile/execute statement at caret" option, TOAD will highlight the line with error and the error code/message.
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