PL/SQL: is there an instruction to completely stop the script execution?

Question

I\'m trying to do some checkings on a DB schema at the beginning of a PL/SQL script.

If the checkings give unsuccessful results, I want to stop the script, to prevent th

Answer 1

Rather than throw an application error, it's much simpler to just use the RETURN keyword which exits the current PL/SQL block very smoothly.

Just make sure you do a DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Exited because before it to provide the user with a nice message of why you're exiting of course!