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If you would like to return or display pl/sql program unit name when there is an error, you can use code some thing like below.

create or replace procedure test….

is…

begin…

exception

when others then

dbms_output.put_line($$PLSQL_UNIT||’ caused error’);

end;

Using the PL/SQL Directive $$PLSQL_UNIT displays the pl/sql unit name (in this case test, is the name of the procedure ), when exception raised.

Another directive is $$PLSQL_LINE can be used to identify the line number in the program unit.

Oracle 12c database introduced new directives to display additional information as below.

$$PLSQL_OWNER – Owner of the object

$$PLSQL_TYPE - Whether it is procedure, function etc.

This addition would be very useful for developers to identify the owner of the program unit and type.

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