When Others not raised for Dynamic SQL occasionally

Question

Hi All,
Please consider some part of my PL/SQL code below.
FOR rec IN cur_job_steps
LOOP
update_job_step_status(p_sector,
p_job_name,
rec.step_name,
'Running',
NULL,
SYSDATE,
NULL
-- Execute Job Step Function
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'BEGIN ' || rec.step_function || '; END;';
-- Set Job Step End Status
update_job_step_status(p_sector,
p_job_name,
rec.step_name,
'Successful',
NULL,
NULL,
SYSDATE
END LOOP;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS
THEN
ROLLBACK;
-- Set Job Failed Status
update_job_status(p_sector,
p_job_name,
'Failed',
'Could Not Complete DB Job: ' || SQLERRM,
NULL,
SYSDATE
-- Set Job Step Failed Status
END;
rec.step_function is a procedure without any "When Others" clause. When that exception occurs I am expecting the "When Others" clause of the calling procedure is not capturing it some times. Is there any limitation to this? Any info in this regards would be really useful.
Thanks in advance.
Best Regards
Srikanth Tirandas

Answer 1

Could not reproduce.
SQL> ed
Wrote file afiedt.buf
1 create or replace procedure my_proc
2 as
3 v_num number;
4 begin
5 v_num := 1 / 0;
6* end;
SQL> /
Procedure created.
SQL> ed
Wrote file afiedt.buf
1 begin
2 begin
3 execute immediate 'begin my_proc; end;' ;
4 end;
5 exception
6 when others then
7 dbms_output.put_line(sqlerrm);
8* end;
SQL> /
ORA-01476: divisor is equal to zero
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
Can you provide code for your function when it does not work ? It seems some "rec.step_function" are coded to handle exceptions and hence you don't get any in outer loop.