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Oracle PL/SQL Programming: A Developer's Workbook
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Oracle PL/SQL Programming: A Developer's Workbook

by Steven Feuerstein, Andrew Odewahn
May 2000
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
594 pages
11h 32m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Intermediate

Q:

11-10.

PL/SQL offers the concept of a savepoint to allow you to roll back selectively, which is the same as saving selectively, when you think about it.

Q:

11-11.

Here is a suggested exception section:

EXCEPTION
   WHEN OTHERS
   THEN
      myerr := SQLCODE;
      ROLLBACK to log_savepoint;
      INSERT INTO log VALUES (SYSDATE, USER, myerr);
      SAVEPOINT log_savepoint;
END;

Q:

11-12.

You receive an error:

SQL>
  1  BEGIN
  2     ROLLBACK TO nonexistent_sp;
  3  END;
  4  /
BEGIN
*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01086: savepoint 'NONEXISTENT_SP' never established

Q:

11-13.

There are two possible approaches:

  • Maintain your own stack of savepoints issued in your session and check the savepoint name against this stack before you issue a ROLLBACK TO command. This is rather complicated.

  • Build a PL/SQL block around your ROLLBACK TO command and trap the ORA-01086 error if it occurs.

Here is a block of code that demonstrates the second technique:

EXCEPTION
   WHEN OTHERS
   THEN
      BEGIN
         ROLLBACK to log_savepoint;
      EXCEPTION
         WHEN OTHERS
         THEN
            IF SQLCODE = -1086
            THEN
               /* Can't use savepoint, so roll all the way back. */
               ROLLBACK;
            ELSE
               /* Re-raise exeption. Who knows what went wrong! */
               RAISE;
            END IF;
      END;
END;

Q:

11-14.

Ten savepoints were set, but only one savepoint is “active” at any time. A total of nine rows are inserted. If you issue a new savepoint with the same name as an “old” (previously set) savepoint, the new savepoint completely replaces any others with that same name. In this block of code, the same savepoint is set 10 times, so there is really ...

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