PL/SQL GOTO Statement

The PL/SQL GOTO statement is used to jump to perform specific tast in the same sub section of PL/SQL section. The label statement is declared and decorated like <<label>>.

PL/SQL Continue Statement Syntax

To jump to perform specific tast in the same sub section of PL/SQL section, use the following syntax:

Syntax

<<label_name>>
..  
..  
GOTO label_name; 
Statement;

PL/SQL GOTO Statement example

The following PL/SQL show how to jump to perform specific tast in the same sub section of PL/SQL section:

Example

DECLARE  
   counter number(2) := 10;  
BEGIN  
   <<mylabel>>  
   WHILE counter < 50 LOOP  
      dbms_output.put_line ('value of Counter: ' || counter);  
      counter := counter + 1;  
      IF counter = 40 THEN  
         counter := counter + 1;  
         GOTO mylabel;  
      END IF;  
   END LOOP;  
END;

Restriction on GOTO statement

There are some restrictions while using the PL/SQL GOTO statement some are:

You cannot use a GOTO statement to an IF statement, CASE statement, LOOP statement or sub-block
You cannot use a GOTO statement to out of the subprogram
You cannot use a GOTO statement into an exception handler
You cannot use a GOTO statement to an outer block into a sub-block
You cannot use a GOTO statement to branch from one IF clause to another

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