Not every data type supports the RANGE
or scale constraints. Using these constraints on incompatible types results in an
PLS-00572: improper constraint form used
exception being raised.
Noncompliant code example
DECLARE
foo INTEGER RANGE 0 .. 42; -- Non-Compliant - raises PLS-00572 as NUMBER does not support the RANGE constraint
BEGIN
NULL;
END;
/
Compliant solution
DECLARE
foo INTEGER; -- Compliant
BEGIN
NULL;
END;
/