ORA-06502: What Oracle Documentation says about this error?

Here is what Oracle documentation says about this error:

 

 

ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error string

 

Cause: An arithmetic, numeric, string, conversion, or constraint error occurred. For example, this error occurs if an attempt is made to assign the value NULL to a variable declared NOT NULL, or if an attempt is made to assign an integer larger than 99 to a variable declared NUMBER (2).

 

Action: Change the data, how it is manipulated, or how it is declared so that values do not violate constraints.

 

 

More Information:

These could be the errors:

This error mainly occurs due to one of the following:
1. If you assign NULL value to a NOT NULL field.
2. If you assign number which is larger than the precision of the field.
3. If you assign character values greater than the field width.

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1 comment :

  1. Arggg I've seen this error more then once! I hate errors, they really make me rethink my career (: Anyways, you seem to have come up with a decent solution - WTG!

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