PL/SQL Exceptions on Update/Delete of non-existing row

Question

I am learning PL/SQL these days and currently working with Procedures and exceptions using oracle HR schema.

Here is my simple procedure.

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Answer 1

There is no "exception" - the sql executed successfully. It successfully deleted every record that matched the criteria...which was 0 records. Same thing if a similar update statement was executed. You used the SQL%NOTFOUND to determine there were no records that were affected, but this does not mean there was an "exception".

Perhaps you're thinking of the NO_DATA_FOUND Exception raised if you try a "select into" clause and it doesn't find any matching records.