Oracle PL/SQL - Are NO_DATA_FOUND Exceptions bad for stored procedure performance?

Question

I\'m writing a stored procedure that needs to have a lot of conditioning in it. With the general knowledge from C#.NET coding that exceptions can hurt performance, I\'ve always

Answer 1

If it's important you really need to benchmark both options!

Having said that, I have always used the exception method, the reasoning being it's better to only hit the database once.