SSC-EWI-0068

User defined function was transformed to a Snowflake procedure.

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Snowflake user defined functions do not support the same features as Oracle or SQL Server. To maintain the functional equivalence the function is transformed to a Snowflake stored procedure. This will affect their usage in queries.

Example Code

SQL Server:

Input Code

CREATE OR ALTER FUNCTION PURCHASING.FOO()
RETURNS INT
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @i int = 0, @p int;
    Select @p = COUNT(*) FROM PURCHASING.VENDOR
    
    WHILE (@p < 1000)
    BEGIN
        SET @i = @i + 1
        SET @p = @p + @i
    END
        
    IF (@i = 6)
        RETURN 1
    
    RETURN @p
END;

Output Code

!!!RESOLVE EWI!!! /*** SSC-EWI-0068 - USER DEFINED FUNCTION WAS TRANSFORMED TO SNOWFLAKE PROCEDURE ***/!!!
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE PURCHASING.FOO ()
RETURNS VARCHAR
LANGUAGE SQL
COMMENT = '{ "origin": "sf_sc", "name": "snowconvert", "version": {  "major": 0,  "minor": 0,  "patch": "0" }, "attributes": {  "component": "transact",  "convertedOn": "06/25/2025",  "domain": "no-domain-provided" }}'
EXECUTE AS CALLER
AS
$$
    DECLARE
        I INT := 0;
        P INT;
    BEGIN
         
        Select
            COUNT(*)
        INTO
            :P
 FROM
            PURCHASING.VENDOR;
        WHILE (:P < 1000) LOOP
            I := :I + 1;
            P := :P + :I;
        END LOOP;
        IF ((:I = 6)) THEN
            RETURN 1;
        END IF;
        RETURN :P;
    END;
$$;

Oracle:

Input Code

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION FUN1(PAR1 VARCHAR)
RETURN VARCHAR
IS
    VAR1 VARCHAR(20);
    VAR2 VARCHAR(20);
BEGIN
    SELECT COL1 INTO VAR1 FROM TABLE1 where col1 = 1;
    VAR2 := PAR1 || VAR1;
    RETURN VAR2;
END;
/

Output Code

!!!RESOLVE EWI!!! /*** SSC-EWI-0068 - USER DEFINED FUNCTION WAS TRANSFORMED TO SNOWFLAKE PROCEDURE ***/!!!
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE FUN1(PAR1 VARCHAR)
RETURNS VARCHAR
LANGUAGE SQL
COMMENT = '{"origin":"sf_sc","name":"snowconvert","version":{"major":1, "minor":0},{"attributes":{"component":"oracle"}}'
EXECUTE AS CALLER
AS
$$
  DECLARE
    VAR1 VARCHAR(20);
    VAR2 VARCHAR(20);
  BEGIN
    SELECT COL1 INTO
      :VAR1
    FROM
      TABLE1
    where col1 = 1;
    VAR2 := NVL(:PAR1 :: STRING, '') || NVL(:VAR1 :: STRING, '');
    RETURN :VAR2;
  END;
$$;

Recommendations

• Separate the inside queries to maintain the same logic.

• The source code may need to be restructured to fit with the Snowflake user-defined functions approach.

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