Nested function/procedure declarations are considered a complex pattern and not supported in snowflake.
Severity
Critical
Description
Snowflake does not support the declaration of nested functions/procedures, this warning is added to any create function or create procedure statement in which nested declarations were found.
Code example
Input
IN -> Oracle_01.sql
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION myFunction
RETURN INTEGER
IS
total_count INTEGER;
-- Function Declaration
FUNCTION function_declaration(param1 VARCHAR) RETURN INTEGER;
FUNCTION function_definition
RETURN INTEGER
IS
count INTEGER;
PROCEDURE procedure_declaration(param1 INTEGER)
IS
BEGIN
NULL;
END;
BEGIN
RETURN count;
end;
BEGIN
-- Your logic to calculate the total employee count goes here
RETURN total_count;
END;
Output
OUT -> Oracle_01.sql
!!!RESOLVE EWI!!! /*** SSC-EWI-0046 - NESTED FUNCTION/PROCEDURE DECLARATIONS ARE NOT SUPPORTED IN SNOWFLAKE. ***/!!!
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION myFunction ()
RETURNS FLOAT
LANGUAGE JAVASCRIPT
COMMENT = '{ "origin": "sf_sc", "name": "snowconvert", "version": { "major": 0, "minor": 0, "patch": "0" }, "attributes": { "component": "oracle", "convertedOn": "12/16/2024", "domain": "test" }}'
AS
$$
let TOTAL_COUNT;
!!!RESOLVE EWI!!! /*** SSC-EWI-OR0057 - TRANSFORMATION FOR NESTED PROCEDURE OR FUNCTION IS NOT SUPPORTED ***/!!!
/* -- Function Declaration
FUNCTION function_declaration(param1 VARCHAR) RETURN INTEGER; */
// Function Declaration
;
!!!RESOLVE EWI!!! /*** SSC-EWI-OR0057 - TRANSFORMATION FOR NESTED PROCEDURE OR FUNCTION IS NOT SUPPORTED ***/!!!
/* FUNCTION function_definition
RETURN INTEGER
IS
count INTEGER;
PROCEDURE procedure_declaration(param1 INTEGER)
IS
BEGIN
NULL;
END;
BEGIN
RETURN count;
end; */
;
// Your logic to calculate the total employee count goes here
return TOTAL_COUNT;
$$;
Recommendations
Remove the nested declarations from the function/procedure.