On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 9:08 AM, Robertson Lee - lerobe < Lee.Robertson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Ideally I would also like to report back to the calling SQL*Plus script the > errors from the failed PL/SQL. > > I cannot re-engineer, I just need to make what is already there work if it > is at all possible. > > As Dan has pointed out, sqlplus does not have a robust error handling environment. One thing that is possible to do with sqplus, is to return an error code to the OS on failure. 12:49:52 SQL whenever sqlerror exit sql.sqlcode 12:49:52 SQL 12:49:52 SQL begin 12:49:52 2 raise_application_error(-20001,'oops'); 12:49:52 3 end; 12:49:52 4 / begin * ERROR at line 1: ORA-20001: oops ORA-06512: at line 2 Disconnected from Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.3.0 - Production With the Partitioning, Oracle Label Security and Data Mining options $> echo $? 33 What this would allow you to do is call the stored procedures via sqlplus using a shell script as a driver, and checking the return codes. If you really need this level of control however, something like Perl with DBI would probably be a better choice. Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist