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SQL>
SQL> CREATE TABLE myItemTable (
  2     item_code varchar2(6) PRIMARY KEY,
  3     item_descr varchar2(20) NOT NULL);

Table created.

SQL>
SQL>
SQL> DECLARE
  2    v_item_code VARCHAR2(6);
  3    v_item_descr VARCHAR2(20);
  4  BEGIN
  5    v_item_code :='Java2s';
  6    v_item_descr :='a web site for Oracle';
  7    INSERT INTO myItemTable VALUES (v_item_code,v_item_descr);
  8  EXCEPTION WHEN OTHERS THEN
  9    dbms_output.put_line(SQLERRM);
 10  END;
 11  /
ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error: character string buffer too small

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

SQL>
SQL> select * from myItemTable;

no rows selected

SQL>
SQL> drop table myItemTable;

Table dropped.

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