Ora_Error get Oracle error message Description stringOra_Error intcursor_or_connection Returns an error message of the form XXX-NNNNN where XXX is where the error comes from and NNNNN identifies the error message. Support for connection ids was added in 3.0.4. On UNIX versions of Oracle, you can find details about an error message like this: $ oerr ora 00001 00001, 00000, "unique constraint (%s.%s) violated" // *Cause: An update or insert statement attempted to insert a duplicate key // For Trusted ORACLE configured in DBMS MAC mode, you may see // this message if a duplicate entry exists at a different level. // *Action: Either remove the unique restriction or do not insert the key