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• WHEN OTHERS should not be the only exception handler

Non-compliant Code Example

BEGIN
	FOR i IN 1 .. CUSTOMER_TABLE.COUNT  
		LOOP	
			EXIT WHEN CUSTOMER_TABLE(i).Id > 25; 
			IF CUSTOMER_TABLE(i) IS NOT NULL THEN
				DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT( i || ' = (' || CUSTOMER_TABLE(i).Name || ', ' || CUSTOMER_TABLE(i).PhoneNumber || ')' );
			END IF;
			
		END LOOP;
EXCEPTION
    WHEN OTHERS THEN          --Non complaint code (WHEN OTHERS clause only used for exception handling)
        error_message := SQLERRORMSG;
        DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE (error_message);		   
        RETURN;
END CUSTOMER_TABLE_ITERATION;

Compliant Code Example

BEGIN
	FOR i IN 1 .. CUSTOMER_TABLE.COUNT  
		LOOP	
			EXIT WHEN CUSTOMER_TABLE(i).Id > 25; 
			IF CUSTOMER_TABLE(i) IS NOT NULL THEN
				DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT( i || ' = (' || CUSTOMER_TABLE(i).Name || ', ' || CUSTOMER_TABLE(i).PhoneNumber || ')' );
			END IF;
			
		END LOOP;
EXCEPTION
    WHEN ERRORS THEN          
        error_message := SQLERRORMSG;
        DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE (error_message);	    
        RETURN;
    WHEN OTHERS THEN          --Complaint code (WHEN OTHERS clause is used along with WHEN ERRORS clause  for exception handling)
        error_message := SQLERRORMSG;
        DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE (error_message);		   
        RETURN;
END CUSTOMER_TABLE_ITERATION;