The RESIGNAL statement is used within a condition handler
to re-raise the current condition, or raise an alternate condition
so that it can be processed at a higher level. It causes an exception,
warning, or not found condition to be returned, along with optional
message text.
Issuing the RESIGNAL statement without an operand causes
the current condition to be passed outwards.
Syntax

>>-+--------+--RESIGNAL----------------------------------------->
'-label:-'
>--+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-><
| .-VALUE-. |
'-+-SQLSTATE--+-------+--+-sqlstate-string-constant-+-+--+--------------------+-'
| '-sqlstate-string-variable-' | '-signal-information-'
'-SQL-condition-name--------------------------------'
signal-information
|--SET--+-MESSAGE_TEXT-------+-- = --+-SQL-variable-name----------+--|
+-CONSTRAINT_CATALOG-+ +-SQL-parameter-name---------+
+-CONSTRAINT_SCHEMA--+ '-diagnostic-string-constant-'
+-CONSTRAINT_NAME----+
+-CATALOG_NAME-------+
+-SCHEMA_NAME--------+
+-TABLE_NAME---------+
+-COLUMN_NAME--------+
+-CURSOR_NAME--------+
+-CLASS_ORIGIN-------+
'-SUBCLASS_ORIGIN----'
Description
- label
- Specifies the label for the RESIGNAL statement. The label name
cannot be the same as the routine name or another label within the
same scope. For more information, see References to SQL labels.
- SQLSTATE VALUE
- Specifies the SQLSTATE that will be resignaled. Any valid SQLSTATE
value can be used. The specified value must follow the rules for SQLSTATEs:
- Each character must be from the set of digits ('0' through '9')
or non-accented upper case letters ('A' through 'Z').
- The SQLSTATE class (first two characters) cannot be '00' since
this represents successful completion.
If the SQLSTATE does not conform to these rules, an error
is returned.
- sqlstate-string-constant
- The sqlstate-string-constant must be a character string
constant with exactly 5 characters.
- sqlstate-string-variable
- The sqlstate-string-variable must be a character or Unicode
graphic variable. The actual length of the contents of the sqlstate-string-variable must
be 5.
- SQL-condition-name
- Specifies the name of the condition that will be returned. The SQL-condition-name must
be declared within the compound-statement.
- SET
- Introduces the assignment of values to condition-information-items.
The condition-information-item values can be accessed using
the GET DIAGNOSTICS statement. The only condition-information-item that
can be accessed in the SQLCA is MESSAGE_TEXT.
- MESSAGE_TEXT
- Specifies a string that describes the error or warning.
If
an SQLCA is used,
- the string is returned in the SQLERRMC field of the SQLCA
- if the actual length of the string is longer than 1000 bytes,
it is truncated without a warning.
- CONSTRAINT_CATALOG
- Specifies a string that indicates the name of the database that
contains a constraint related to the signalled error or warning.
- CONSTRAINT_SCHEMA
- Specifies a string that indicates the name of the schema that
contains a constraint related to the signalled error or warning.
- CONSTRAINT_NAME
- Specifies a string that indicates the name of a constraint related
to the signalled error or warning.
- CATALOG_NAME
- Specifies a string that indicates the name of the database that
contains a table or view related to the signalled error or warning.
- SCHEMA_NAME
- Specifies a string that indicates the name of the schema that
contains a table or view related to the signalled error or warning.
- TABLE_NAME
- Specifies a string that indicates the name of a table or view
related to the signalled error or warning.
- COLUMN_NAME
- Specifies a string that indicates the name of a column in the
table or view related to the signalled error or warning.
- CURSOR_NAME
- Specifies a string that indicates the name of a cursor related
to the signalled error or warning.
- CLASS_ORIGIN
- Specifies
a string that indicates the origin of the SQLSTATE class related to
the signalled error or warning.
- SUBCLASS_ORIGIN
- Specifies
a string that indicates the origin of the SQLSTATE subclass related
to the signalled error or warning.
- SQL-variable-name
- Identifies an SQL variable declared within the compound-statement,
that contains the value to be assigned to the condition-information-item.
The SQL variable must be defined as CHAR, VARCHAR, Unicode GRAPHIC,
or Unicode VARGRAPHIC variable.
- SQL-parameter-name
- Identifies an SQL parameter declared within the compound-statement,
that contains the value to be assigned to the condition-information-item.
The SQL parameter must be defined as CHAR, VARCHAR, Unicode GRAPHIC,
or Unicode VARGRAPHIC variable.
- diagnostic-string-constant
- Specifies a character string constant that contains the value
to be assigned to the condition-information-item.
Notes
SQLSTATE
values: Any valid SQLSTATE value can be used in the RESIGNAL statement.
However, it is recommended that programmers define new SQLSTATEs based
on ranges reserved for applications. This prevents the unintentional
use of an SQLSTATE value that might be defined by the database manager
in a future release.
Assignment: When the RESIGNAL statement is executed,
the value of each of the specified string-constants and variables is
assigned to the corresponding condition-information-item. However,
if the length of a string-constant or variable is longer
than the maximum length of the corresponding condition-information-item,
it is truncated without a warning. For details on the assignment rules,
see Assignments and comparisons. For details on the maximum
length of specific condition-information-items, see GET DIAGNOSTICS.
Processing a RESIGNAL statement:
- If the RESIGNAL statement is specified without a SQLSTATE clause
or a SQL-condition-name, the SQL function, SQL procedure, or
SQL trigger resignals the identical condition that invoked the handler
and the SQLCODE is not changed.
- When a RESIGNAL statement is issued and an SQLSTATE or SQL-condition-name is
specified, the SQLCODE is based on the SQLSTATE value as follows:
- If the specified SQLSTATE class is either '01' or '02', a warning
or not found is signalled and the SQLCODE is set to +438.
- Otherwise, an exception is returned and the SQLCODE is set to
–438.
If the SQLSTATE or condition indicates that an exception
is signalled (SQLSTATE class other than '01' or '02'):,
- If a handler exists in the same compound statement as the RESIGNAL
statement, and the compound-statement contains a handler for
SQLEXCEPTION or the specified SQLSTATE or condition; the exception
is handled and control is transferred to that handler.
- If the compound-statement is nested and an outer level compound-statement has
a handler for SQLEXCEPTION or the specified SQLSTATE or condition;
the exception is handled and control is transferred to that handler.
- Otherwise, the exception is not handled and control is immediately
returned to the end of the compound statement.
If the SQLSTATE or condition indicates that a warning
(SQLSTATE class '01') or not found (SQLSTATE class '02') is signalled:
- If a handler exists in the same compound statement as the RESIGNAL
statement, and the compound-statement contains a handler for
SQLWARNING (if the SQLSTATE class is '01'), NOT FOUND (if the SQLSTATE
class is '02'), or the specified SQLSTATE or condition; the warning
or not found condition is handled and control is transferred to that
handler.
- If the compound-statement is nested and an outer level
compound statement contains a handler for SQLWARNING (if the SQLSTATE
class is '01'), NOT FOUND (if the SQLSTATE class is '02'), or the
specified SQLSTATE or condition; the warning or not found condition
is handled and the exception is handled and control is returned to
that handler.
- Otherwise, the warning is not handled and processing continues
with the next statement.
Considerations for the diagnostics area: The RESIGNAL
statement might modify the contents of the current diagnostics area.
If an SQLSTATE or SQL-condition-name is specified as part of
the RESIGNAL statement, the RESIGNAL statement starts with a clear
of the diagnostics area and sets the RETURNED_SQLSTATE to reflect
the specified SQLSTATE or SQL-condition-name. If any signal-information is
specified, the corresponding items in the condition area are assigned
the specified values. DB2_RETURNED_SQLCODE is set to +438 or -438
corresponding to the specified SQLSTATE or SQL-condition-name.
Example
This example detects a division
by zero error. The IF statement uses a SIGNAL statement to invoke
the overflow condition handler. The condition handler uses a RESIGNAL
statement to return a different SQLSTATE value to the client application.
CREATE PROCEDURE divide ( IN numerator INTEGER,
IN denominator INTEGER,
OUT divide_result INTEGER )
LANGUAGE SQL
BEGIN
DECLARE overflow CONDITION FOR '22003';
DECLARE CONTINUE HANDLER FOR overflow
RESIGNAL SQLSTATE '22375';
IF denominator = 0 THEN
SIGNAL overflow;
ELSE
SET divide_result = numerator / denominator;
END IF;
END