Procedures do not return values ... Functions do ...

I suggest checking the documentation for  "Create Function" rather than 
"Create Procedure" and all will be revealed.

JNewMember wrote:
> I was able to construct the procedure without syntax but i think I am
> not handling exceptions correctly.
>
> create or replace procedure check_dno (deptNum integer)
> is
>  v_deptNum integer;
>  returnValue integer;
> begin
>   select deptno into v_deptNum from dept where deptno = deptNum;
>   if deptNum = v_deptNum then
>       returnValue := -1;
>   else
>       returnValue := 1;
>   end if;
> exception
>  when access_into_null then
>       dbms_output.put_line('Null Pointer Exception');s
>  dbms_output.put_line(returnValue);
> end check_dno;
>
> What I want to do is based on what select query find return the value.
>
> Thanks,
> Anu
>
> >
>   

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