SQL> set serveroutput on SQL> l 1 declare v varchar2(2000); 2 begin 3 v := sqlerrm(-1); 4 dbms_output.put_line(v); 5* end; SQL> / ORA-00001: unique constraint (.) violated PL/SQL procedure successfully completed. SQL> On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 2:53 PM, Rumpi Gravenstein <rgravens@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > All, > > Is there an Oracle function that will return the Oracle error text > associated with a particular Oracle error. I know there are web > sites, and OS procedures that do this but have never seen one that can > be called from SQL . Does such a function exist? > > -- > Rumpi Gravenstein > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > -- Toon Koppelaars RuleGen BV Toon.Koppelaars@xxxxxxxxxxx www.RuleGen.com TheHelsinkiDeclaration.blogspot.com (co)Author: "Applied Mathematics for Database Professionals" www.RuleGen.com/pls/apex/f?p=14265:13