PL/SQL pragma EXCEPTION_INIT

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PL/SQL pragma EXCEPTION_INIT
pragma EXCEPTION_INIT : Pragma is a keyword directive to execute proceed at compile time. pragma EXCEPTION_INIT function take this two argument,
exception_name
error_number
You can define pragrma EXCEPTION_INIT in DECLARE BLOCK on your program.
PRAGMA EXCEPTION_INIT(exception_name, -error_number);
exception_name and error_number define on yourself, where exception_name is character string up to 2048 bytes suppot and error_number is a negative integer range from -20000 to -20999.
Syntax
DECLARE
user_define_exception_name EXCEPTION;
PRAGMA EXCEPTION_INIT(user_define_exception_name,-error_number);
BEGIN
statement(s);
IF condition THEN
RAISE user_define_exception_name;
END IF;
EXCEPTION
WHEN user_define_exception_name THEN
User defined statement (action) will be taken;
END;
Example Code
user-named_exp.sql
SQL>edit user-named_exp
DECLARE
myex EXCEPTION;
PRAGMA EXCEPTION_INIT(myex,-20015);
n NUMBER := &n;
BEGIN
FOR i IN 1..n LOOP
dbms_output.put.line(i);
IF i=n THEN
RAISE myex;
END IF;
END LOOP;
EXCEPTION
WHEN myex THEN
dbms_output.put.line('loop finish');
END;

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