Issue with SQL%BULK_EXCEPTIONS.COUNT in Oracle 9iR2

Question

Hi All,
We are using the Oracle 9i Database
Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 9.2.0.7.0 - 64bit Production
PL/SQL Release 9.2.0.7.0 - Production
CORE 9.2.0.7.0 Production
TNS for HPUX: Version 9.2.0.7.0 - Production
NLSRTL Version 9.2.0.7.0 - Production
I am facing an issue when using SQL%BULK_EXCEPTIONS.COUNT.
Getting the below error when executing the below dummy block.
DECLARE
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-06531: Reference to uninitialized collection
ORA-06512: at line 12
ORA-06510: PL/SQL: unhandled user-defined exception
DECLARE
e exception;
cnt number;
BEGIN
NULL;
raise e;
exception
when others then
if SQL%BULK_EXCEPTIONS.COUNT>0 then
null;
end if;
dbms_output.put_line(1);
END;
Request to let me know what is the issue.
FYI: I never faced this issue in 10gr2 and 11gr2.
Thanks,
Madhu K.

Answer 1

Where are you using a BULK COLLECT with a SAVE EXCEPTIONS that would initialize the SQL%BULK_EXCEPTIONS collection?
FYI: I never faced this issue in 10gr2 and 11gr2.Are you sure about that? If I run the code you posted in my 11.2 database, I get the same error
SQL> ed
Wrote file afiedt.buf
  1  DECLARE
  2    e exception;
  3    cnt number;
  4  BEGIN
  5    NULL;
  6    raise e;
  7  exception
  8    when others then
  9      if SQL%BULK_EXCEPTIONS.COUNT>0 then
10        null;
11      end if;
12    dbms_output.put_line(1);
13* END;
SQL> /
DECLARE
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-06531: Reference to uninitialized collection
ORA-06512: at line 9
ORA-06510: PL/SQL: unhandled user-defined exceptionJustin