Description
string
ora_error ( [resource cursor_or_connection] )
Returns an error message of the form
XXX-NNNNN
where XXX is where the error comes
from and NNNNN identifies the error
message.
Note: Support for connection ids was added in 3.0.4.
On Unix versions of Oracle, you can find details about an error
message like this:
$ oerr ora
00001 00001, 00000,
"unique constraint (%s.%s) violated" // *Cause: An update or insert
statement attempted to insert a duplicate key // For Trusted
ORACLE configured in DBMS MAC mode, you may see // this message
if a duplicate entry exists at a different level. // *Action: Either
remove the unique restriction or do not insert the key
