Exception in declare part..?

Question

hi,
how we can catch exception in declare part..
declare
num1 number(2):=303;
begin
dbms_output.putline('num1 value-'||num1);
exception
when others then
dbms_output.putline('error occured');
end;
rgds,
pc
Edited by: PC on Sep 9, 2010 2:20 AM

Answer 1

BluShadow wrote:
Or just wrap such things up in another execution block...
SQL> ed
Wrote file afiedt.buf
1  begin
2    declare
3      num1 number(2):=303;
4    begin
5      dbms_output.put_line('num1 value-'||num1);
6    end;
7  exception
8    when others then
9      dbms_output.put_line('error occured');
10      raise;
11* end;
SQL> /
error occured
begin
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error: number precision too large
ORA-06512: at line 10
Fair enough, but the error message says the error occurs at line 10 while the problem is at line 3. Not that the right line number occurs in the error message all the time anyway ...