CREATE PROCEDURE account_status ( due_date DATE, today DATE ) AUTHID DEFINER IS past_due EXCEPTION; -- declare exception BEGIN IF due_date < today THEN RAISE past_due; -- explicitly raise exception END IF; EXCEPTION WHEN past_due THEN -- handle exception DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE ('Account past due.'); END; / BEGIN account_status ('1-JUL-10', '9-JUL-10'); END; / -- ################################ set serveroutput on size 100000 DECLARE salary_too_high EXCEPTION; current_salary NUMBER := 20000; max_salary NUMBER := 10000; erroneous_salary NUMBER; BEGIN BEGIN IF current_salary > max_salary THEN RAISE salary_too_high; -- raise exception END IF; EXCEPTION WHEN salary_too_high THEN -- start handling exception erroneous_salary := current_salary; DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Salary ' || erroneous_salary ||' is out of range.'); DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE ('Maximum salary is ' || max_salary || '.'); RAISE; -- reraise current exception (exception name is optional) END; EXCEPTION WHEN salary_too_high THEN -- finish handling exception current_salary := max_salary; DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE ( 'Revising salary from ' || erroneous_salary || ' to ' || current_salary || '.' ); END; / -- ##################################### CREATE PROCEDURE account_status ( due_date DATE, today DATE ) AUTHID DEFINER IS BEGIN IF due_date < today THEN -- explicitly raise exception RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR(-20000, 'Account past due.'); END IF; END; / DECLARE past_due EXCEPTION; -- declare exception PRAGMA EXCEPTION_INIT (past_due, -20000); -- assign error code to exception BEGIN account_status ('1-JUL-10', '9-JUL-10'); -- invoke procedure EXCEPTION WHEN past_due THEN -- handle exception DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(TO_CHAR(SQLERRM(-20000))); END; / -- ###################################### CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE p AUTHID DEFINER AS BEGIN DECLARE past_due EXCEPTION; due_date DATE := trunc(SYSDATE) - 1; todays_date DATE := trunc(SYSDATE); BEGIN IF due_date < todays_date THEN RAISE past_due; END IF; END; EXCEPTION WHEN OTHERS THEN ROLLBACK; RAISE; END; / -- ########################################## BEGIN DECLARE past_due EXCEPTION; due_date DATE := trunc(SYSDATE) - 1; todays_date DATE := trunc(SYSDATE); BEGIN IF due_date < todays_date THEN RAISE past_due; END IF; END; END; /