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procedure RAISE

    (name in varchar2);

Description

Raises an exception to the caller by supplying a correct error number and token substituted message for the name of the error message provided.

Calls to TOKEN( ) and RAISE( ) raise predefined errors for Oracle Workflow that are stored in the WF_RESOURCES table. The error messages contain tokens that need to be replaced with relevant values when the error message is raised. This is an alternative to raising PL/SQL standard exceptions or custom-defined exceptions.

Error messages for Oracle Workflow are initially defined in message files (.msg). The message files are located in the res/<language> subdirectory of the Oracle Workflow server directory structure for the standalone version of Oracle Workflow or on your server in the import/<language> subdirectory under $FND_TOP for the Oracle Applications-embedded version of Oracle Workflow. During the installation of the Oracle Workflow server, a program called Workflow Resource Generator takes the designated message files and imports the messages into the WF_RESOURCES table.

Note: If you want to use custom error messages, you can define your messages in .msg files, load them to the WF_RESOURCES table, and then raise them using RAISE( ). A custom error message must have an error number of 90000 or higher.

Arguments (input)

name	Internal name of the error message as stored in the table WF_RESOURCES.

See Also

CONTEXT

To run the Workflow Resource Generator