SQLERRM Function

The SQLERRM function returns the error message associated with an error code.

A SQL statement cannot invoke SQLERRM.

If a function invokes SQLERRM, and you use the RESTRICT_REFERENCES pragma to assert the purity of the function, then you cannot specify the constraints WNPS and RNPS.

Topics

• Syntax

• Semantics

• Examples

• Related Topics

Syntax

sqlerrm_function ::=

Semantics

error_code

Expression whose value is an Oracle Database error code. For a list of Oracle Database error codes, see Oracle Database Error Messages. Default: error code associated with the current value of SQLCODE.

Like SQLCODE, SQLERRM without error_code is useful only in an exception handler. Outside an exception handler, or if the value of error_code is zero, SQLERRM returns ORA-0000.

If the value of error_code is +100, SQLERRM returns ORA-01403.

If the value of error_code is a positive number other than +100, SQLERRM returns this message:

-error_code: non-ORACLE exception

If the value of error_code is a negative number whose absolute value is an Oracle Database error code, SQLERRM returns the error message associated with that error code. For example:

BEGIN
  DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('SQLERRM(-6511): ' || TO_CHAR(SQLERRM(-6511)));
END;
/

Result:

SQLERRM(-6511): ORA-06511: PL/SQL: cursor already open

If the value of error_code is a negative number whose absolute value is not an Oracle Database error code, SQLERRM returns this message:

ORA-error_code: Message error_code not found;  product=RDBMS;
facility=ORA

For example:

BEGIN
  DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('SQLERRM(-50000): ' || TO_CHAR(SQLERRM(-50000)));
END;
/

Result:

SQLERRM(-50000): ORA-50000: Message 50000 not found;  product=RDBMS;
facility=ORA

Examples

• Example 11-22, "Displaying SQLCODE and SQLERRM Values"

• Example 12-13, "Handling FORALL Exceptions After FORALL Statement Completes"

• Example 12-13, "Handling FORALL Exceptions After FORALL Statement Completes"

Related Topics

In this chapter:

• "Block"

• "EXCEPTION_INIT Pragma"

• "RESTRICT_REFERENCES Pragma"

• "SQLCODE Function"

In other chapters:

• "Error Code and Error Message Retrieval"