Re: standards

From: Raj Jamadagni <rjamya_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 05:36:29 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <20040805123629.16587.qmail@web50010.mail.yahoo.com>

Unfortunately I am not 'selecting' anything ... all the code is 'exec immediate' style.

I know what you are trying to say, but in my requirements I'd rather _ignore_ it than ponder over it.
Raj

david wendelken <davewendelken_at_earthlink.net> wrote:

> re: not using "when others then null;"
>
> >> I use it on a regular basis in certain code of mine (on production database that runs 24x7)
> when I
> >> DON'T want the exception to kill the processing.
>
> >not to mention Forms programs. Mighty handy when in-line select statements (not
> >in an explicit begin/end block) start to give off more than one row...
>
> Well, if you are getting more than one row back for that select statement, then your expectation
> of what data would exist does not match what data actually exists. I think hiding that is a
> serious mistake!
> Much better to discover the problem and fix the code to correctly handle the situation rather
> than ignore it.
>
>
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Best Regards
Raj

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