PL/SQL block problem: No data found error

Question

SET SERVEROUTPUT ON
DECLARE
    v_student_id NUMBER := &sv_student_id;
    v_section_id NUMBER := 89;
    v_final_grade NUMBER;
    v_letter_grade CHAR(1);
BEGIN
    SELECT final_grade
    INTO v_final_grade
    FROM enrollment
    WHERE student_id = v_student_id
    AND section_id = v_section_id;

    CASE -- outer CASE
        WHEN v_final_grade IS NULL THEN
            DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE ('There is no final grade.');
        ELSE
            CASE -- inner CASE
                WHEN v_final_grade >= 90 THEN v_letter_grade := 'A';
                WHEN v_final_grade >= 80 THEN v_letter_grade := 'B';
                WHEN v_final_grade >= 70 THEN v_letter_grade := 'C';
                WHEN v_final_grade >= 60 THEN v_letter_grade := 'D';
                ELSE v_letter_grade := 'F';
            END CASE;

            -- control resumes here after inner CASE terminates
            DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE ('Letter grade is: '||v_letter_grade);
    END CASE;
    -- control resumes here after outer CASE terminates
END;

the above code I have taken from the book "Oracle PL/SQL by Example, 4th Edition 2009" my problem is when I enter a student_id not present in the table it returns me the following error

Error report: ORA-01403: no data found
ORA-06512: at line 7
01403. 00000 -  "no data found"
*Cause:    
*Action:

but according to the book it should have returned a null value and then follow the case flow.

Answer 1

When you are selecting INTO a variable and there are no records returned you should get a NO DATA FOUND error. I believe the correct way to write the above code would be to wrap the SELECT statement with it's own BEGIN/EXCEPTION/END block. Example:

...
v_final_grade NUMBER;
v_letter_grade CHAR(1);
BEGIN

    BEGIN
    SELECT final_grade
      INTO v_final_grade
      FROM enrollment
     WHERE student_id = v_student_id
       AND section_id = v_section_id;

    EXCEPTION
      WHEN NO_DATA_FOUND THEN
        v_final_grade := NULL;
    END;

    CASE -- outer CASE
      WHEN v_final_grade IS NULL THEN
      ...