sql commands in pl sql procedure definition code example

Example 1: pl/sql procedure example

CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE my_schema.my_procedure(param1 IN VARCHAR2) IS
    cnumber NUMBER;
BEGIN
    cnumber := 10;
    INSERT INTO my_table (num_field) VALUES (param1 + cnumber);
    COMMIT;
EXCEPTION
    WHEN OTHERS THEN
        raise_application_error(-20001, 'An error was encountered - '
            || sqlcode || ' -ERROR- ' || sqlerrm);
END;

Example 2: pl/sql procedure

CREATE OR REPLACE Procedure UpdateCourse
   ( name_in IN varchar2 )

IS
   cnumber number;

   cursor c1 is
   SELECT course_number
    FROM courses_tbl
    WHERE course_name = name_in;

BEGIN

   open c1;
   fetch c1 into cnumber;

   if c1%notfound then
      cnumber := 9999;
   end if;

   INSERT INTO student_courses
   ( course_name,
     course_number )
   VALUES
   ( name_in,
     cnumber );

   commit;

   close c1;

EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
   raise_application_error(-20001,'An error was encountered - '||SQLCODE||' -ERROR- '||SQLERRM);
END;