Check a record IS NOT NULL in plsql

Question

I have a function which would return a record with type my_table%ROWTYPE, and in the caller, I could check if the returned record is null, but PL/SQL complains

Answer 1

As far as I know, it's not possible. Checking the PRIMARY KEY or a NOT NULL column should be sufficient though.

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You can check for v_record.row_id IS NULL.

Your function would throw a NO_DATA_FOUND exception though, when no record is found.