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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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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