How can I get position of an error in Oracle SQL query?

Question

How can I get position of an error in the query?

I need to get position in a query string which causes an error, like sqlplus does it:

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Answer 1

After some ramblings when I almost lost hope, I found (thanks to correct search string in Google) following link: https://forums.oracle.com/thread/1000551

SQL> DECLARE
  2     c   INTEGER := DBMS_SQL.open_cursor ();
  3  BEGIN
  4     DBMS_SQL.parse (c, 'select * form dual', DBMS_SQL.native);
  5
  6     DBMS_SQL.close_cursor (c);
  7  EXCEPTION
  8     WHEN OTHERS THEN
  9        DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line ('Last Error: ' || DBMS_SQL.LAST_ERROR_POSITION ());
 10        DBMS_SQL.close_cursor (c);
 11        RAISE;
 12  END;
 13  /
Last Error: 9
DECLARE
*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00923: FROM keyword not found where expected
ORA-06512: at line 11