RE: how to make a delete statement fail

create trigger delete_fail
on <table_name>
for each row
begin
  if(DELETING) then raise_application_error(21101,"Cannot delete");   end if;
end;  

Syntax may not be exactly right.  

Dick Goulet
Senior Oracle DBA
PAREXEL International  

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[mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of Joe Smith Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 9:21 PM To: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
Subject: how to make a delete statement fail

How do I make a correct DELETE statement fail? I have a developer that wants to test a code branch and he needs a delete statement to fail.  

It can't be locked ( shared or exclusive ) from a separate session or be an incorrect statement or return "0 rows deleted."  

It has to be "delete from table where col = value". How can I force that to fail?    

 thanks.    

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