Actually what I want to do is print a value based on what the select
statement capture. Something like when the user execute this procedure
if the user entered department found print 1 else print -1
Anu
On Sep 21, 10:17 pm, rob wolfe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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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