Oracle PL/SQL Tutorial/System Tables Data Dictionary/user errors

Get detailed error message from user_errors

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SQL> SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE Simple AS

 2    v_Counter NUMBER;
 3  BEGIN
 4    v_Counter := 7;
 5  END Simple;
 6  /

Procedure created. SQL> SQL> COLUMN object_name format a20 SQL> COLUMN line format 9999 SQL> COLUMN position format 99999 SQL> COLUMN text format a59 SQL> SQL> SELECT object_name, object_type, status

 2    FROM user_objects
 3    WHERE object_name = "SIMPLE";

OBJECT_NAME OBJECT_TYPE STATUS

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SIMPLE PROCEDURE VALID 1 row selected. SQL> SQL> SELECT text FROM user_source WHERE name = "SIMPLE" ORDER BY line; TEXT

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PROCEDURE Simple AS

 v_Counter NUMBER;

BEGIN

 v_Counter := 7;

END Simple; 5 rows selected. SQL> SQL> SELECT line, position, text FROM user_errors WHERE name = "SIMPLE" ORDER BY sequence; no rows selected SQL> SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE Simple AS

 2    v_Counter NUMBER;
 3  BEGIN
 4    v_Counter := 7
 5  END Simple;
 6  /

Warning: Procedure created with compilation errors. SQL> SQL> SQL> SELECT line, position, text FROM user_errors WHERE name = "SIMPLE" ORDER BY sequence;

LINE POSITION TEXT

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   5        1 PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol "END" when expecting one
              of the following:
                 * & = - + ; < / > at in is mod remainder not rem
                 <an exponent (**)> <> or != or ~= >= <= <> and or like L
              IKE2_
                 LIKE4_ LIKEC_ between || multiset member SUBMULTISET_
              The symbol ";" was substituted for "END" to continue.

1 row selected. SQL></source>

Query user_errors table

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SQL> SQL> COLUMN name FORMAT a22 SQL> COLUMN line FORMAT 9999 SQL> COLUMN text FORMAT a30 word_wrapped SQL> SELECT name, type, line, text

 2  FROM      user_errors
 3  where     rownum < 2
 4  ORDER BY  name, type, sequence;

NAME TYPE LINE TEXT

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WAIT PROCEDURE 3 PL/SQL: Statement ignored SQL> SQL></source>

Viewing Errors in a Database

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SQL> SQL> SELECT LINE, TYPE, NAME, TEXT from user_errors; INE TYPE NAME TEXT 1 PROCEDURE P PLW-06002: Unreachable code 10 FUNCTION DELETEEMPLOYEE PL/SQL: ORA-00904: "EMPLOYEE": invalid identifier 7 PROCEDURE DELETEMYEMPLOYEE PL/SQL: ORA-00905: missing keyword 7 FUNCTION DELETEEMPLOYEE PL/SQL: SQL Statement ignored 4 PROCEDURE DELETEMYEMPLOYEE PL/SQL: SQL Statement ignored 3 PROCEDURE HELLOFLE PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol "DECLARE" when expecting one of the following: LINE TYPE NAME TEXT

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  begin function package pragma procedure subtype type use
  <an identifier> <a double-quoted delimited-identifier> form
  current cursor external language

The symbol "begin" was substituted for "DECLARE" to continue.

       18 PROCEDURE    HELLOFLE

PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol "end-of-file" when expecting one of the following:

  begin case declare end exception exit for goto if loop mod
  null pragma raise return select update while with
  <an identifier> <a double-quoted delimited-identifier>
  <a bind variable> << close current delete fetch lock insert
  open rollback savepoint set sql execute commit forall merge
  pipe
       24 PROCEDURE    COMPILE_WARNING
     LINE TYPE         NAME

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TEXT

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PLW-06002: Unreachable code

        1 PACKAGE      PKG

PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol "TEST1" when expecting one of the following:

  is authid as compress compiled wrapped

The symbol "authid" was substituted for "TEST1" to continue.

9 rows selected.</source>