Using sqlerrm in insert statement in 10g

Question

Hi,
I do not have 10g to test the following snippet, which tries to use sqlerrm in an insert statement:
-- start testcase
drop table tbl;
drop table err;
create table tbl (x number);
create table err (a number, b varchar2(4000));
declare
  n_tmp   tbl.x%type;
begin
  select x into n_tmp from tbl;
exception
  when others then
    -- the line below works in 9i
    -- dbms_output.put_line('Sqlerrm: '||sqlerrm);
    -- but the insert statement doesn't work in 9i, how about 10g ?
    insert into err(a,b) values (1,sqlerrm);
    commit;
end;
declare
  n_tmp   tbl.x%type;
begin
  select x into n_tmp from tbl;
exception
  when others then
    -- the line below works in 9i
    -- dbms_output.put_line('Sqlerrm: '||sqlerrm);
    -- the insert statement works in 9iR2 but the error message is
    -- not the one sought, how about 10g ?
    insert into err(a,b) values (1,sys.standard.sqlerrm);
    commit;
end;
/Can someone test it on any release/edition of 10g please ?
The tests on 9iR2 below behave predictably:
SQL>
SQL> @ver
BANNER
Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 9.2.0.8.0 - 64bit Production
PL/SQL Release 9.2.0.8.0 - Production
CORE    9.2.0.8.0       Production
TNS for Solaris: Version 9.2.0.8.0 - Production
NLSRTL Version 9.2.0.8.0 - Production
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> -- start testcase
SQL> drop table tbl;
Table dropped.
SQL> drop table err;
Table dropped.
SQL>
SQL> create table tbl (x number);
Table created.
SQL> create table err (a number, b varchar2(4000));
Table created.
SQL>
SQL> declare
  2    n_tmp   tbl.x%type;
  3  begin
  4    select x into n_tmp from tbl;
  5  exception
  6    when others then
  7      -- the line below works in 9i
  8      -- dbms_output.put_line('Sqlerrm: '||sqlerrm);
  9      -- but the insert statement doesn't work in 9i, how about 10g ?
10      insert into err(a,b) values (1,sqlerrm);
11      commit;
12  end;
13  /
    insert into err(a,b) values (1,sqlerrm);
ERROR at line 10:
ORA-06550: line 10, column 36:
PL/SQL: ORA-00984: column not allowed here
ORA-06550: line 10, column 5:
PL/SQL: SQL Statement ignored
SQL>
SQL> --
SQL> declare
  2    n_tmp   tbl.x%type;
  3  begin
  4    select x into n_tmp from tbl;
  5  exception
  6    when others then
  7      -- the line below works in 9i
  8      -- dbms_output.put_line('Sqlerrm: '||sqlerrm);
  9      -- the insert statement works in 9iR2 but the error message is
10      -- not the one sought, how about 10g ?
11      insert into err(a,b) values (1,sys.standard.sqlerrm);
12      commit;
13  end;
14  /
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL>
SQL> select * from err;
         A B
         1 ORA-0000: normal, successful completion
SQL>
SQL>The behavior of the second pl/sql block was mentioned by Nicolas:
Re: INSERT INTO ..VALUES (SQLERRM, SQLCODE, SYSDATE) doesn't work?
Is there any change in 10g ?
Thanks in advance,
pratz
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Answer 1

Same in 10.2.0.3.0
SQL*Plus: Release 10.1.0.4.2 - Production on Thu Jan 24 11:55:53 2008
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Connected to:
Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.3.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP and Data Mining options
SQL> drop table tbl;
Table dropped.
SQL>
SQL> drop table err;
Table dropped.
SQL> 
SQL> create table tbl (x number);
Table created.
SQL>
SQL> create table err (a number, b varchar2(4000));
Table created.
SQL> declare 
  2  n_tmp   tbl.x%type;
  3  begin  select x into n_tmp from tbl;
  4  exception  when others then  
  5  -- the line below works in 9i    
  6  --dbms_output.put_line('Sqlerrm: '||sqlerrm);   
  7  -- but the insert statement doesn't work in 9i, how about 10g ?   
  8  insert into err(a,b) values (1,sqlerrm);   
  9  commit;
10  end;
11  /
insert into err(a,b) values (1,sqlerrm);
ERROR at line 8:
ORA-06550: line 8, column 32:
PL/SQL: ORA-00984: column not allowed here
ORA-06550: line 8, column 1:
PL/SQL: SQL Statement ignored
SQL>  declare 
  2   n_tmp   tbl.x%type;
  3   begin 
  4   select x into n_tmp from tbl;
  5   exception  when others then   
  6   -- the line below works in 9i    
  7   --dbms_output.put_line('Sqlerrm: '||sqlerrm);   
  8   -- the insert statement works in 9iR2 but the error message is    -- not the one sought, how a
bout 10g ?    i
  9   insert into err(a,b) values (1,sys.standard.sqlerrm);   
10   commit;
11   end;
12   /
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> select * from err;
         A
B
         1
ORA-0000: normal, successful completion
SQL>