11.7.8.whenever statement

condition
        : NOT FOUND
        | SQLSTATE STRING
        ;

handler_declaration
        : WHENEVER condition GOTO NAME
        ;

This declares that control should be transferred to a particular label in the procedure whenever a condition occurs within the lexical scope of the WHENEVER declaration. This is similar to the statement of the same name found in most embedded SQL implementations.

The scope of the declaration is all the lines lexically following the declaration. A previous declaration is replaced by a new declaration for the same <condition>.

CREATE PROCEDURE COUNT_CUSTOMERS (IN C_NAME VARCHAR)
{
    DECLARE COUNT INTEGER;

    COUNT := 0;

    DECLARE C CURSOR FOR SELECT C_ID FROM CUSTOMER WHERE C_NAME = C_NAME;

    WHENEVER SQLSTATE '4001' GOTO DEADLOCK;

    WHENEVER NOT FOUND GOTO DONE;

    OPEN C;
    WHILE (1=1)
    {
        FETCH C INTO N;
        COUNT := COUNT + 1;
    }

DONE:
    RETURN COUNT;

DEADLOCK:
    RETURN -1;
}
[Note] Note:

This is about the same as select count (*) from CUSTOMER where C_NAME = ?;