How to fix the Oracle error PLS-00701: illegal ORACLE error number string for PRAGMA EXCEPTION_INIT?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorPLS-00701: illegal ORACLE error number string for PRAGMA EXCEPTION_INIT with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

PLS-00701: illegal ORACLE error number string for PRAGMA EXCEPTION_INIT

Reason for the Error PLS-00701: illegal ORACLE error number string for PRAGMA EXCEPTION_INIT

The error number passed to an EXCEPTION_INIT pragma was out of range. The error number must be in the range -9999 .. -1 (excluding -100) for Oracle errors or in the range -20000 .. -20999 for user-defined errors.

How to fix the Error PLS-00701: illegal ORACLE error number string for PRAGMA EXCEPTION_INIT ?

You can fix this error in Oracle by following the below steps

Use a valid error number.