PL/SQL Cursor Exercises: Show the uses of SQL%NOTFOUND to determine if a UPDATE statement affected any rows

PL/SQL Cursor: Exercise-6 with Solution

Write a program in PL/SQL to show the uses of SQL%NOTFOUND to determine if a UPDATE statement affected any rows.

Sample Solution:

Table: employees

employee_id		integer
first_name		varchar(25)
last_name		varchar(25)
email			archar(25)
phone_number		varchar(15)
hire_date		date
job_id			varchar(25)
salary			integer
commission_pct		decimal(5,2)
manager_id		integer
department_id		integer

PL/SQL Code:

DROP TABLE emp_temp;
CREATE TABLE emp_temp AS
  SELECT employee_id, first_name, last_name,email 
  FROM employees;
  
DECLARE
	z_emp_id NUMBER:=&employee_id;
BEGIN
    UPDATE emp_temp
    SET    email = 'not available'
    WHERE employee_id = z_emp_id;
 
  IF SQL%NOTFOUND THEN
      DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE ('No employee of ID '|| z_emp_id||' is found.');
  ELSE
    DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE (
      'Update succeeded for employee_id: ' || z_emp_id
    );
  END IF;
END;
/

Sample Output:

SQL> /
Enter value for employee_id: 298
old   2:        z_emp_id NUMBER:=&employee_id;
new   2:        z_emp_id NUMBER:=298;
No employee of ID 298 is found.

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

SQL> /
Enter value for employee_id: 157
old   2:        z_emp_id NUMBER:=&employee_id;
new   2:        z_emp_id NUMBER:=157;
Update succeeded for employee_id: 157

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

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