{"id":11406,"date":"2024-03-14T14:03:11","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T14:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-handle-exceptions-in-a-db2-stored-procedure\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T11:30:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T11:30:13","slug":"how-to-handle-exceptions-in-a-db2-stored-procedure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-handle-exceptions-in-a-db2-stored-procedure\/","title":{"rendered":"DB2 Stored Procedure Exception Handling Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are several ways to handle exceptions in DB2 stored procedures.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Utilize exception handling statements: Use exception handling statements in stored procedures to capture and handle exceptions. Wrap the code block of the stored procedure with BEGIN ATOMIC and END ATOMIC, and use the EXCEPTION clause to capture and handle exceptions. For example:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">BEGIN<\/span>\r\n  <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">DECLARE<\/span> CONTINUE HANDLER <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">FOR<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">SQLEXCEPTION<\/span> \r\n  <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">BEGIN<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-comment\">-- \u5904\u7406\u5f02\u5e38\u7684\u4ee3\u7801<\/span>\r\n  <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">END<\/span>;\r\n  \r\n  <span class=\"hljs-comment\">-- \u5b58\u50a8\u8fc7\u7a0b\u7684\u4ee3\u7801\u5757<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">END<\/span>;\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<ol>\n<li>Retrieve error code or error message: You can use the GET DIAGNOSTICS statement in a stored procedure to fetch exception information and then return the error code or error message to the caller. For example:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">BEGIN<\/span>\r\n  <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">DECLARE<\/span> error_code <span class=\"hljs-type\">INTEGER<\/span>;\r\n  <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">DECLARE<\/span> error_msg <span class=\"hljs-type\">VARCHAR<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-number\">255<\/span>);\r\n  \r\n  <span class=\"hljs-comment\">-- \u5b58\u50a8\u8fc7\u7a0b\u7684\u4ee3\u7801\u5757<\/span>\r\n  \r\n  <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">GET<\/span> DIAGNOSTICS EXCEPTION <span class=\"hljs-number\">1<\/span> error_code <span class=\"hljs-operator\">=<\/span> RETURNED_SQLCODE, error_msg <span class=\"hljs-operator\">=<\/span> MESSAGE_TEXT;\r\n  \r\n  <span class=\"hljs-comment\">-- \u8fd4\u56de\u9519\u8bef\u7801\u6216\u9519\u8bef\u4fe1\u606f\u7ed9\u8c03\u7528\u8005<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">END<\/span>;\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<ol>\n<li>To ensure the integrity and consistency of the data, you can use transaction rollback after catching an exception. 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