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RAISE Statement

The RAISE statement explicitly raises an exception. Outside an exception handler, you must specify the exception name. Inside an exception handler, if you omit the exception name, the RAISE statement reraises the current exception.

Topics:

• Syntax

• Semantics

• Examples

• Related Topics

Syntax

raise_statement ::=

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Semantics

exception_name

The name of an exception, either predefined (see Table 11-3) or user-declared (see "Exception Name Declaration").

The exception_name is optional only in an exception handler, where the default is the current exception (see "Reraising Current Exception with RAISE Statement").

Examples

• Example 11-9, "Declaring, Raising, and Handling a User-Defined Exception"

• Example 11-10, "Explicitly Raising a Predefined Exception"

• Example 11-11, "Reraising an Exception"

Related Topics

In this chapter:

• "Exception Name Declaration"

• "Exception Handler"

In other chapters:

• "Raising Exceptions Explicitly"