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  1. #1
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    Syntax Question for an Exception

    Hi Everyone,

    I'm writing a procedure that deletes a SINGLE row in a table based on two column data values given as parameters for that procedure (these two columns have a combined unique constraint).

    It works, but I'm stuck on this: This procedure should raise an exception if the combination of these two parameter values doesn't exist in the table, thereby rejecting the delete with an error message.

    Basically, how do I check in the IF / END IF block for the exception to be raised, whether the combination of two values in any data row already exists?

    I can only think of doing a select for these two values in the IF / END IF block for the exception check, but the procedure seems to reject 'SELECT' in this context.

    Help would be greatly appreciated.

    Thanks
    Peer

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    This might clarify my problem:

    CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE DeletePermission ( --deletes row with the two values below
    p_recht IN VARCHAR2, --(combined unique constraint)
    p_kontext IN VARCHAR2) --(combined unique constraint)
    IS
    -----------------------------------------------
    -- [Any values here?];
    non_existent_value EXCEPTION;
    BEGIN
    -----------------------------------------------
    -- What do I do here to check if the combination doesn't exist?

    IF [value combination already exists] THEN
    RAISE non_existent_vaues;
    END IF;

    -----------------------------------------------

    DELETE FROM pj_recht WHERE
    (p_recht = recht and p_kontext = kontext);
    COMMIT; --this works

    EXCEPTION --this is the output I need
    WHEN non_existent_values THEN
    DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE
    ('ERROR: Combination of Recht and Kontext does not exist. Delete rejected!');
    END;
    Last edited by Peer Jones; 06-02-2006 at 08:47 AM.

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    No need to bother, just solved it.

    Bye
    Peer

  4. #4
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    Don't perform the select.

    Just do the delete.
    Let it raise the exception No_DATA_FOUND. Then handle that exception.

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    An INSERT, UPDATE or DELETE that finds no rows does not raise a NO_DATA_FOUND exception. You would need to check explicitly for SQL%ROWCOUNT = 0, or SQL%NOTFOUND.

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