plsql Exception Handling Handling connexion error exceptions

Example

Each standard Oracle error is associated with an error number. Its important to anticipate what could go wrong in your code. Here for a connection to another database it can be:

• -28000 account is locked
• -28001 password expired
• -28002 grace period
• -1017 wrong user / password

Here is a way to test what goes wrong with the user used by the database link:

declare
  v_dummy number;
begin
  -- testing db link
  execute immediate 'select COUNT(1) from [email protected]' into v_dummy ;
  -- if we get here, exception wasn't raised: display COUNT's result
  dbms_output.put_line(v_dummy||' users on PASS db');

EXCEPTION
  -- exception can be referred by their name in the predefined Oracle's list
    When LOGIN_DENIED 
    then  
        dbms_output.put_line('ORA-1017 / USERNAME OR PASSWORD INVALID, TRY AGAIN');
    When Others 
    then 
  -- or referred by their number: stored automatically in reserved variable SQLCODE    
        If  SQLCODE = '-2019'
        Then    
          dbms_output.put_line('ORA-2019 / Invalid db_link name');
        Elsif SQLCODE = '-1035'
        Then
          dbms_output.put_line('ORA-1035 / DATABASE IS ON RESTRICTED SESSION, CONTACT YOUR DBA');        
        Elsif SQLCODE = '-28000'
        Then
          dbms_output.put_line('ORA-28000 / ACCOUNT IS LOCKED. CONTACT YOUR DBA');
        Elsif SQLCODE = '-28001'
        Then
          dbms_output.put_line('ORA-28001 / PASSWORD EXPIRED. CONTACT YOUR DBA FOR CHANGE');
        Elsif SQLCODE  = '-28002'
        Then
          dbms_output.put_line('ORA-28002 / PASSWORD IS EXPIRED, CHANGED IT');
        Else
   -- and if it's not one of the exception you expected
          dbms_output.put_line('Exception not specifically handled');
          dbms_output.put_line('Oracle Said'||SQLCODE||':'||SQLERRM);
        End if;
END;
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