DECLARE

Translation reference to convert Oracle DECLARE statement to Snowflake Scripting

Some parts in the output code are omitted for clarity reasons.

Description

Oracle DECLARE statement is an optional part of the PL/SQL block statement. It allows the creation of variables, constants, procedures declarations, and definitions, functions declarations, and definitions, exceptions, cursors, types, and many other statements. For more information regarding Oracle DECLARE, check here.

declare_section body

declare_section::= { item_list_1 [ item_list_2 ] | item_list_2 }

item_list_1::= 
{ type_definition
| cursor_declaration
| item_declaration
| function_declaration
| procedure_declaration
}
 ...
 
item_list_2::=
{ cursor_declaration
| cursor_definition
| function_declaration
| function_definition
| procedure_declaration
| procedure_definition
}
 ...

item_declaration::=
{ collection_variable_decl
| constant_declaration
| cursor_variable_declaration
| exception_declaration
| record_variable_declaration
| variable_declaration
}

body::= BEGIN statement ...
  [ EXCEPTION exception_handler [ exception_handler ]... ] END [ name ] ;
[ DECLARE
  { <variable_declaration> | <cursor_declaration> | <exception_declaration> | <resultset_declaration> }
  [, { <variable_declaration> | <cursor_declaration> | <exception_declaration> | <resultset_declaration> } ... ]
]
BEGIN
    <statement>;
    [ <statement>; ... ]
[ EXCEPTION <exception_handler> ]
END [ <label> ] ;

Sample Source Patterns

Variable declaration

variable_declaration::= 
variable datatype [ [ NOT NULL] {:= | DEFAULT} expression ] ;
<variable_name> <type>;

<variable_name> DEFAULT <expression> ;

<variable_name> <type> DEFAULT <expression> ;

Oracle

IN -> Oracle_01.sql
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE var_decl_proc
IS
var1 NUMBER; 
var2 NUMBER := 1;
var3 NUMBER NOT NULL := 1;
var4 NUMBER DEFAULT 1;
var5 NUMBER NOT NULL DEFAULT 1;
BEGIN
    NULL; 
END;

Snowflake Scripting

OUT -> Oracle_01.sql
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE var_decl_proc ()
RETURNS VARCHAR
LANGUAGE SQL
COMMENT = '{"origin":"sf_sc","name":"snowconvert","version":{"major":1, "minor":0},{"attributes":{"component":"oracle"}}'
EXECUTE AS CALLER
AS
$$
    DECLARE
        var1 NUMBER(38, 18);
        var2 NUMBER(38, 18) := 1;
        var3 NUMBER(38, 18) := 1 /*** SSC-FDM-OR0025 - NOT NULL CONSTRAINT IS NOT SUPPORTED BY SNOWFLAKE ***/;
        var4 NUMBER(38, 18) DEFAULT 1;
        var5 NUMBER(38, 18) DEFAULT 1 /*** SSC-FDM-OR0025 - NOT NULL CONSTRAINT IS NOT SUPPORTED BY SNOWFLAKE ***/;
    BEGIN
        NULL;
    END;
$$;

Constant declaration

Constants are not supported in Snowflake Scripting, however, they are being transformed to variables to simulate the behavior.

constant_declaration::=
constant CONSTANT datatype [NOT NULL] { := | DEFAULT } expression ;