Re: SQL*Plus errors... how to hide?

You might be inclined to try something like: DECLARE
.......
BEGIN
.....
EXCEPTION
WHEN INVALID_NUMBER THEN
      DBMS_LOCK.SLEEP(365*24*3600);
END;
/

On 11/06/2003 03:44:26 PM, Saira Somani-Mendelin 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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