Translation reference to convert SQL Server BEGIN and COMMIT transaction to Snowflake SQL
Description
Snowflake SQL, a transaction can be started explicitly by executing a BEGIN statement. Snowflake supports the synonyms BEGIN WORK and BEGIN TRANSACTION. Snowflake recommends using BEGIN TRANSACTION.
A transaction can be ended explicitly by executing COMMIT. Read more about Snowflake Transactions here.
Sample Source Patterns
The following examples detail the BEGIN and COMMIT transaction statements.
SQL Server
IN -> SqlServer_01.sql
CREATE PROCEDURE TestTransaction
AS
BEGIN
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS NEWTABLE;
CREATE TABLE NEWTABLE(COL1 INT, COL2 VARCHAR);
BEGIN TRANSACTION;
INSERT INTO NEWTABLE VALUES (1, 'MICHAEL');
INSERT INTO NEWTABLE VALUES(2, 'JACKSON');
COMMIT TRANSACTION;
END
IN -> SqlServer_02.sql
CREATE PROCEDURE TestTransaction
AS
BEGIN
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS NEWTABLE;
CREATE TABLE NEWTABLE(COL1 INT, COL2 VARCHAR);
BEGIN TRANSACTION LabelA;
INSERT INTO NEWTABLE VALUES (1, 'MICHAEL');
INSERT INTO NEWTABLE VALUES(2, 'JACKSON');
COMMIT TRANSACTION LabelA;
END
Snowflake SQL
OUT -> SqlServer_01.sql
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE TestTransaction ()
RETURNS VARCHAR
LANGUAGE SQL
COMMENT = '{"origin":"sf_sc","name":"snowconvert","version":{"major":1, "minor":0},{"attributes":{"component":"transact"}}'
EXECUTE AS CALLER
AS
$$
BEGIN
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS NEWTABLE;
CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE NEWTABLE (
COL1 INT,
COL2 VARCHAR
);
BEGIN TRANSACTION;
INSERT INTO NEWTABLE VALUES (1, 'MICHAEL');
INSERT INTO NEWTABLE VALUES(2, 'JACKSON');
COMMIT;
END;
$$;
OUT -> SqlServer_02.sql
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE TestTransaction ()
RETURNS VARCHAR
LANGUAGE SQL
COMMENT = '{"origin":"sf_sc","name":"snowconvert","version":{"major":1, "minor":0},{"attributes":{"component":"transact"}}'
EXECUTE AS CALLER
AS
$$
BEGIN
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS NEWTABLE;
CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE NEWTABLE (
COL1 INT,
COL2 VARCHAR
);
BEGIN TRANSACTION
!!!RESOLVE EWI!!! /*** SSC-EWI-0101 - COMMENTED OUT TRANSACTION LABEL NAME BECAUSE IS NOT APPLICABLE IN SNOWFLAKE ***/!!!
LabelA;
INSERT INTO NEWTABLE VALUES (1, 'MICHAEL');
INSERT INTO NEWTABLE VALUES(2, 'JACKSON');
COMMIT;
END;
$$;
