Error message in exception

Question

Hi,
I am getting the following error...
1 declare
2 vename varchar2(20);
3 invalid_data exception;
4 pragma exception_init(invalid_data,-01403);
5 begin
6 select ename into vename from emp where empno = 3345;
7 --dbms_ouput.put_line(vename);
8 exception
9 when invalid_data then
10 dbms_output.put_line('no data is available');
11* end;
SQL> /
declare
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-06550: line 3, column 1:
PLS-00701: illegal ORACLE error number -1403 for PRAGMA EXCEPTION_INIT
Can anyone please help me out.
Thanks,
Satya.

Answer 1

Hi Satya,
One more thing, the SQLCode for NO_DATA_FOUND isn't -1403, but +100:
SQL> declare
   dummy varchar2(1);
begin
   select null into dummy from dual where 1 = 2;
   exception when NO_DATA_FOUND then
     dbms_output.put_line(sqlcode);
end;
100
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.And from documentation of PLS-00701:
PLS-00701: illegal ORACLE error number string for PRAGMA EXCEPTION_INIT
    Cause: The error number passed to an EXCEPTION_INIT pragma was out of range.
           The error number must be in the range -9999 .. -1 (excluding -100) for Oracle errors
           or in the range -20000 .. -20999 for user-defined errors.
    Action: Use a valid error number.Edit:
But strangely enough you CAN use both -100 and +100 (But NOT -1403)
- Which makes me believe documentation for PL-00701 is imprecise.
Regards
Peter
Edited by: Peter on Dec 3, 2009 6:59 AM