Nested function/procedure declarations are considered a complex pattern and not supported in snowflake.
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Severity
Low
Description
Snowflake does not support the declaration of nested functions/procedures, this warning is added to any create function or create procedure statement in which nested declarations were found.
Code example
Input
CREATE OR REPLACEFUNCTIONmyFunctionRETURNINTEGERIS total_count INTEGER;-- Function DeclarationFUNCTION function_declaration(param1 VARCHAR) RETURNINTEGER;FUNCTION function_definitionRETURNINTEGERIS count INTEGER;PROCEDURE procedure_declaration(param1 INTEGER)ISBEGINNULL;END;BEGINRETURN count;end;BEGIN-- Your logic to calculate the total employee count goes hereRETURN total_count;END;
Output
/*** MSC-WARNING - MSCCP0008 - NESTED FUNCTION/PROCEDURE DECLARATIONS ARE CONSIDERED A COMPLEX PATTERN AND NOT SUPPORTED IN SNOWFLAKE. ***/CREATE OR REPLACEFUNCTIONmyFunction ()RETURNSFLOATLANGUAGE JAVASCRIPTAS$$// REGION SnowConvert Helpers Code var RAISE =function (code,name,message) {message=== undefined && ([name,message] = [message,name]) var error = new Error(message); error.name =name SQLERRM =`${(SQLCODE = (error.code = code))}: ${message}`throw error; };//END REGION let TOTAL_COUNT;/* ** MSC-ERROR - MSCEWI3057 - TRANSLATION FOR NESTED PROCEDURE OR FUNCTION IS NOT SUPPORTED YET ** *//* -- Function Declaration FUNCTION function_declaration(param1 VARCHAR) RETURN INTEGER; *///Function Declaration ;/* ** MSC-ERROR - MSCEWI3057 - TRANSLATION FOR NESTED PROCEDURE OR FUNCTION IS NOT SUPPORTED YET ** *//* FUNCTION function_definition RETURN INTEGER IS count INTEGER; PROCEDURE procedure_declaration(param1 INTEGER) IS BEGIN NULL; END; BEGIN RETURN count; end; */ ;// Your logic to calculate the total employee count goes herereturn TOTAL_COUNT;$$;
Recommendations
Remove the nested declarations from the function/procedure.