How to handle cursor exception when the select query returns "zero" records - oracle

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How to handle cursor exception when the select query returns "zero" records
I have a cursor in a procedure, and after cursor initialization I'm iterating through the cursor to access the data from it.
But the problem is when the cursor select query returns 0 records then it throws exception
ORA-06531: Reference to uninitialized collection.
How to handle this exception?
---procedure code
create or replace PROCEDURE BIQ_SECURITY_REPORT
(out_chr_err_code OUT VARCHAR2,
out_chr_err_msg OUT VARCHAR2,
out_security_tab OUT return_security_arr_result ,
)
IS
l_chr_srcstage VARCHAR2 (200);
lrec return_security_report;
CURSOR cur_security_data IS
SELECT
"ID" "requestId",
"ROOM" "room",
"FIRST_NAME" "FIRST_NAME",
"LAST_NAME" "LAST_NAME",
FROM
"BI_REQUEST_CATERING_ACTIVITY" ;
TYPE rec_security_data IS TABLE OF cur_security_data%ROWTYPE
INDEX BY PLS_INTEGER;
l_cur_security_data rec_security_data;
begin
OPEN cur_security_data;
LOOP
FETCH cur_security_data
BULK COLLECT INTO l_cur_security_data
LIMIT 1000;
EXIT WHEN l_cur_security_data.COUNT = 0;
lrec := return_security_report();
out_security_tab := return_security_arr_result(return_security_report());
out_security_tab.delete;
FOR i IN 1 .. l_cur_security_data.COUNT
LOOP
BEGIN
l_num_counter := l_num_counter + 1;
lrec := return_security_report();
lrec.requestid := l_cur_security_data(i).requestId ; lrec.room := l_cur_security_data(i).room ; lrec.firstName := l_cur_security_data(i).firstName ;
IF l_num_counter > 1
THEN
out_security_tab.extend();
out_security_tab(l_num_counter) := return_security_report();
ELSE
out_security_tab := return_security_arr_result(return_security_report());
END IF;
out_security_tab(l_num_counter) := lrec;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS
THEN
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Error occurred : ' || SQLERRM);
END;
END LOOP;
END LOOP;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS
THEN
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE ('HERE INSIIDE OTHERS' || SQLERRM);
END;
Can you please explain how handle it.

Answer 1

You must be using out_security_tab, which is an output parameter in some other code where the procedure is called.
In your procedure, If cursor returns zero rows then the loop will not be executed and your code will not even initialize the out_security_tab which will lead to the error that you are facing.
There is a simple way to avoid:
initialize out_security_tab outside the loop -- which will definitely initialize it
You can create one out variable containing details as Y or N based on if cursor rows count -- Not recommended
Cheers!!