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declare-handler

DECLARE HANDLER Statement - PL/HQL

You can use DECLARE HANDLER statement to define one or more PL/HQL statements to execute when a condition occurs.

Syntax:

DECLARE [CONTINUE | EXIT] HANDLER FOR 
  [SQLEXCEPTION | NOT FOUND | user_condition] code_block;

Description:

CONTINUE When the handler completes, control is returned to PL/HQL statement following the statement that raised the condition
EXIT After the handler completes, control is returned to the end of the block that declared the handler
code_block PL/HQL statement(s) to execute when the specified condition occurs

Examples:

DECLARE name VARCHAR(100);
DECLARE no_rows INT DEFAULT 0; 
 
DECLARE CONTINUE HANDLER FOR NOT FOUND
  SET no_rows = 1;    
 
OPEN cur FOR 'SELECT name FROM db.orders';
 
FETCH cur INTO name;
WHILE no_rows = 0 THEN  
  PRINT id;
  FETCH cur INTO name;
END WHILE;
CLOSE cur;

Compatibility: IBM DB2, Teradata and MySQL.

Version:

  • PL/HQL 0.3.1 - User-defined condition supported
  • PL/HQL 0.01 - Introduced

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