Does not fetch records

Question

The following trigger first fetch the record from paymaster. It will put the paymst_list cursor in loop, if transaction exists in the transaction(tran_list) file for the given period (form variable month) it will update the transaction file by calculating salary (variable sal),Conveyance (variable conv) etc based on number of days absent ( i.e. proportionate ). If transaction does not exists in transaction file it will take the basic from paymaster and calculate the rest.
Where as the following trigger does not work properly, it inserts the record correctly but, but will not update. I think the cursor tran_list does not fetch any record. Can any one help me Please.
DECLARE
CURSOR paymast_list IS SELECT empcode,empname,basic FROM paymast;
CURSOR tran_list(emp_id varchar2) IS
SELECT month,absent from tran where empcode = emp_id and month = :month;
tmp_empcode paymast.empcode%type;
tmp_basic paymast.basic%type;
tmp_name paymast.empname%type;
tmp_month tran.month%type;
tmp_absent tran.absent%type;
cal_sal number(12);
cal_pf number(12);
cal_conv number(12);
cal_proftax number(12);
cal_present number(4);
BEGIN
OPEN paymast_list;
LOOP
FETCH paymast_list INTO tmp_empcode,tmp_name,tmp_basic;
OPEN tran_list(tmp_empcode);
FETCH tran_list INTO tmp_month,tmp_absent;
IF tran_list%NOTFOUND THEN
cal_sal := ((tmp_basic/:total_days)*(:total_days - tmp_absent));
cal_pf := tmp_basic * 10 / 100;
cal_conv := 800;
cal_proftax := 200;
:proce_desc := tmp_name;
INSERT INTO tran (empcode,month,sal,conv,pf,pt) VALUES
(tmp_empcode,:month, cal_sal,cal_conv,cal_pf,cal_proftax);
IF tran_list%FOUND THEN
---ELSE
cal_present := :total_days - tmp_absent;
cal_sal := tmp_basic/:total_days * cal_present;
cal_pf := tmp_basic * 10 / 100;
cal_conv := 800;
cal_proftax := 200;
UPDATE tran SET sal = cal_sal,conv = cal_conv,pf = cal_pf
WHERE empcode = tmp_empcode and month = :month ;
END IF;
END IF;
CLOSE tran_list;
EXIT WHEN paymast_list%NOTFOUND;
END LOOP;
COMMIT;
CLOSE paymast_list;
END;
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Answer 1

hi,
you are checking the tran_list%FOUND within the tran_list%NOTFOUND checking. You have commented the ELSE part. You should comment before tran_list%FOUND and one ENDIF. You should try once.