MSCEWI3081

Snowflake Non-Ansi Outer Join has some functional differences compared to Oracle

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Severity

Low

Description

There are some functional differences between Oracle and Snowflake with the Non-Ansi Outer Join (+) syntax. For more information review the following EWIs: MSCEWI1059, MSCEWI1060, MSCEWI1061.

Example Code

Input Code:

SELECT * FROM
EMPLOYEE e, PRODUCT p WHERE
e.id(+) = p.eid;

Output Code:

SELECT *
/*** MSC-WARNING - MSCEWI3081 - SNOWFLAKE NON-ANSI OUTER JOIN SYNTAX HAS SOME FUNCTIONAL DIFFERENCES COMPARED TO ORACLE. IT COULD CAUSE COMPILATION ERRORS ***/
FROM PUBLIC.EMPLOYEE e, PUBLIC.PRODUCT p WHERE
e.id(+) = p.eid;

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