ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error: number precision too large
Number datatype is declared less then the value used in it for insert caused the error:
Error
V_NUMBER variable length is declared as 2 and we tried to insert into 3 digit number then it will generate the error.
Declare
v_number number(2);
BEGIN
v_number := 100;
END;
/
OUTPUT
Declare
*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error: number precision too large
ORA-06512: at line 4
Solution:
Increased the length of datatype declared in declare block of PL/SQL.
Declare
v_number number(5);
BEGIN
v_number := 100;
dbms_output.put_line(v_number);
END;
/
OUTPUT
100
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
