RE: SQL*Plus errors... how to hide?

From: Jamadagni, Rajendra <Rajendra.Jamadagni_at_espn.com>
Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2003 14:04:24 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.005D5DC9.20031106140424@fatcity.com>

most appropriate way is to use a

begin
  ..
  exception
    when invalid_number then
      dbms_output.put_line('Sorry, a batch number must be numeric, please try again.');     when ...
    ..
end

Raj

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Saira,

How about use the same method as suggested in another thread, i.e. pipe and remove unwanted text? In your case

whatever comes in | sed -n '/^BEGIN/,/^ORA-06512: at line/!p'

Yong Huang

• Saira Somani-Mendelin <saira_somani_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
  > List,
  >
  > I have a shell script that executes a sql*plus script (which executes a
  > procedure) based on user input.
  >
  > But what if the user inputs an invalid datatype? The exception section
  > handles the error and displays a user-friendly message but I still get
  > an error stack. I want to hide this from the user. How can I do this? I
  > have set feedback and echo options off. See output below:
  >
  > PO Reconciliation Batch Release
  > ================================
  >
  > Enter batch number to be released:
  > yrugis
  > You have entered an invalid number! Exiting program...
  > **[I want to suppress the errors below]**
  > BEGIN RELEASE_PO_B_H('yrugis'); END;
  >
  > *
  > ERROR at line 1:
  > ORA-01722: invalid number
  > ORA-06512: at "TRAIN65D.RELEASE_PO_B_H", line 16
  > ORA-06512: at line 1
  >
  > Thanks,
  > Saira
  

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