oracle - PL\SQL Exceptions handling between functions -

i have first procedure this

procedure p1(a in varchar2)  begin    -- call second procedure   p2(a);   -- other things end; 

my second procedure may have exception raise:

procedure p2(a in varchar2)   lv varchar2(20); begin    select '1' lv dual;     if lv = '2'      raise general_exception;    end if; end; 

my general_exception variable global exceptions type, inside package both of procedures in.

i want catch exception in first procedure p1 avoid execution of other things.

i've tried this, no results:

procedure p1(a in varchar2)  begin    -- call second procedure   p2(a);   -- other things exception when general_exception   dbms_output.put_line('error'); end; 

it works me (nb. did change p2 reference parameter being passed in, rather static value of '1'!):

create or replace package test_pkg   general_exception exception;    procedure p1 (p_a in varchar2); end test_pkg; /  create package body test_pkg   procedure p2 (p_a in varchar2)     begin     if p_a = '2'       raise general_exception;     end if;   end p2;    procedure p1 (p_a in varchar2)     begin     p2(p_a);     dbms_output.put_line('p2 executed sucessfully. of things.');   exception     when general_exception       dbms_output.put_line('error');   end p1; end test_pkg; /  set serveroutput on;  begin   test_pkg.p1('1');   test_pkg.p1('2'); end; / 

and output of running p1 procedure 2 different values was:

p2 executed sucessfully. of things. error 

which expected.