Question

I have a fetch being executed inside of a loop. If this fetch fails (no data) I would like to CONTINUE the loop to the next record from within the EXCEPTION.

Is this possible?

I’m getting a ORA-06550 & PLS-00201 identifer CONTINUE must be declared

DECLARE
   v_attr char(88);
CURSOR  SELECT_USERS IS
SELECT id FROM USER_TABLE
WHERE USERTYPE = 'X';
BEGIN
    FOR user_rec IN SELECT_USERS LOOP    
        BEGIN
            SELECT attr INTO v_attr 
            FROM ATTRIBUTE_TABLE
            WHERE user_id = user_rec.id;            
         EXCEPTION
            WHEN NO_DATA_FOUND THEN
               -- user does not have attribute, continue loop to next record.
               CONTINUE;
         END;         
    END LOOP;
END;

Answer 1

The CONTINUE statement is a new feature in 11g.

Here is a related question: 'CONTINUE' keyword in Oracle 10g PL/SQL