VARIABLES

Translation spec for Package Variables

Description

PACKAGE VARIABLES can be declared either in the package declaration or in the PACKAGE BODY. Due to its behavior, these variables are converted into Snowflake session variables so each usage or assignment is translated to its equivalent in Snowflake.

variable datatype [ [ NOT NULL] {:= | DEFAULT} expression ] ;

Sample Source Patterns

Sample auxiliary code

IN -> Oracle_01.sql

create table table1(id number);

OUT -> Oracle_01.sql

CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE table1 (id NUMBER(38, 18) /*** SSC-FDM-0006 - NUMBER TYPE COLUMN MAY NOT BEHAVE SIMILARLY IN SNOWFLAKE. ***/
)
COMMENT = '{"origin":"sf_sc","name":"snowconvert","version":{"major":1, "minor":0},{"attributes":{"component":"oracle"}}'
;

Variable declaration

Oracle

IN -> Oracle_02.sql

CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE PKG1 AS
    package_variable NUMBER:= 100;
END PKG1;

Snowflake Scripting

OUT -> Oracle_02.sql

CREATE SCHEMA IF NOT EXISTS PKG1
COMMENT = '{"origin":"sf_sc","name":"snowconvert","version":{"major":1, "minor":0},{"attributes":{"component":"oracle"}}'
;

SET "PKG1.PACKAGE_VARIABLE" = '' || (100);

Variable Usage

Package variable usages are transformed into the Snowflake GETVARIABLE function which accesses the current value of a session variable. An explicit cast is added to the original variable data type in order to maintain the functional equivalence in the operations where these variables are used.

Oracle

IN -> Oracle_03.sql

CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE PKG1 AS
    PROCEDURE procedure1;
    package_variable NUMBER:= 100;
END PKG1;

CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY PKG1 AS
    PROCEDURE procedure1 AS
    BEGIN
        INSERT INTO TABLE1(ID) VALUES(package_variable);
    END;
END PKG1;

CALL SCHEMA1.PKG1.procedure1();

SELECT * FROM TABLE1;

|ID |
|---|
|100|

Snowflake

OUT -> Oracle_03.sql

CREATE SCHEMA IF NOT EXISTS PKG1
COMMENT = '{"origin":"sf_sc","name":"snowconvert","version":{"major":1, "minor":0},{"attributes":{"component":"oracle"}}'
;

SET "PKG1.PACKAGE_VARIABLE" = '' || (100);

CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE PKG1.procedure1 ()
RETURNS VARCHAR
LANGUAGE SQL
COMMENT = '{"origin":"sf_sc","name":"snowconvert","version":{"major":1, "minor":0},{"attributes":{"component":"oracle"}}'
EXECUTE AS CALLER
AS
$$
    BEGIN
        INSERT INTO TABLE1(ID) VALUES(GETVARIABLE('PKG1.PACKAGE_VARIABLE') :: NUMBER);
    END;
$$;

CALL SCHEMA1.PKG1.procedure1();

SELECT * FROM
    TABLE1;

|ID |
|---|
|100|

Note that the PROCEDURE definition in the package is removed since it is not required by Snowflake.

Variable regular assignment

When a package variable is assigned using the := operator, the assignation is replaced by a SnowConvert UDF called UPDATE_PACKAGE_VARIABLE_STATE which is an abstraction of the Snowflake SETVARIABLE function.

Oracle

IN -> Oracle_04.sql

CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE PKG1 AS
    PROCEDURE procedure1;
    package_variable NUMBER:= 100;
END PKG1;

CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY PKG1 AS
    PROCEDURE procedure1 AS
    BEGIN
        package_variable := package_variable + 100;
        INSERT INTO TABLE1(ID) VALUES(package_variable);
    END;
END PKG1;

CALL PKG1.procedure1();

SELECT * FROM TABLE1;

|ID |