Issues and Troubleshooting

In this section, you will find information about Errors, Warnings, and Issues on the SnowConvert.

This is a deprecated version of the SnowConvert documentation, please visit the official site HERE.

Before we get too far down the troubleshooting road, recall that we highly recommend that you go through our training labs in order to get the most out of SnowConvert.

Conversions of any large quantity of code will likely have a few errors and warnings. When using any of our tools, you can count on us to be your partner in resolving any errors you may encounter.

Below is a list of specific conversion issues for TransactSQL that you may see when you perform a conversion with SnowConvert along with a severity level for each. Some suggested solution paths based on the severity level will follow the list of codes.

Take a minute to read through the list and the troubleshooting tips to help diagnose some of the error codes you have encountered. If you have a question that cannot be answered here, please reach out! You can drop us an email at snowconvert-support@snowflake.com. This is a living list, so it will grow and change as SnowConvert evolves. Updates to issue and error handling will appear on this page, and will also appear in the release notes.

Issues Code

Here is the list of issue codes that exist in SnowConvert for SQL Server platform. A detailed description of each issue code with its respective severity level can be seen in the following table.

CodeDescriptionSeverity

Transformation for USE database is disabled by default

Low

Constraint in default expression not supported

Low

Encrypted with not supported in Snowflake

Low

Collation for values KS, WS not supported

Low

Collation Albanian_bin not supported

Low

Selection of variable may have runtime errors

Low

Performance warning - recursion for CTE not checked. Might require recursive keyword

Low

Failed to transform Unicode literal

High

The default value is not supported by Snowflake.

Low

Default value added.

Low

Column sorting removed

Low

Computed column transformed

Low

The computed expression could not be upgraded

Low

With partitions clause in truncate statement is not supported

Medium

Database console command is not supported

Medium

ODBC Scalar Function is not supported

Medium

Column masking not supported

Low

Object_Id replace with select statement

Low

CROSS APPLY not supported

Medium

Common Table Expression not supported

Low

If Statement With Object ID Removed

Low

PUT statement not supported on UI

Low

Bulk option not supported

Low

Incomplete transformation for Bulk Insert

Low

ERROR_SEVERITY function transformed

Low

Low

Low

Labels inside user-defined function were removed

Low

Information for the column was not found. STRING used to match CAST operation

Medium

Warning while OUTER JOIN equivalence is checked

Low

Information for the expression was not found. CAST to STRING used

Medium

Bulk Insert Partially Translated

High

PUT not supported inside dynamic SQL

High

RETURNS clause incomplete due to missing symbols

High

Declaring a Cursor Variable that it is never initialized is not supported.

Medium

Snowflake Scripting only supports Local Cursors.

Medium

Snowflake Scripting Cursors are non-scrollable.

Medium

Snowflake Scripting cursor rows are not modifiable.

Medium

Multiple SET Statements for the same cursor found.

Medium

Value overwritten, check function equivalence.

Medium

XML data type methods are not supported in Snowflake.

Medium

OPENXML clause is not supported in Snowflake.

Medium

WITH XMLNAMESPACES is not supported in Snowflake.

Medium

FOR XML clause is not supported in Snowflake.

Medium

Labeled Statement is not supported in Snowflake Scripting.

Low

System table is not supported in Snowflake.

Medium

RAISERROR Error Message may differ because of the SQL Server string format.

Medium

Alter Table translation planned to be delivered in the future.

Medium

Multiple Line If Body translation planned to be delivered in the future.

Medium

Valid Default Constraint moved to a new Alter Table Statement.

Low

Some table elements may have been removed from Add clause.

Medium

Some functional table elements may have been reordered to a new Alter Table statement.

Medium

Multiple selects in if body were partially transformed.

High

Explicit cast to DATE added to return value.

Low

Default constraint was commented out and may have been added to a table definition.

Medium

A MASKING POLICY was created as a substitute for MASKED WITH.

Low

Masking role must be defined previously by the user.

Low

One or more of the table element parts are not supported in snowflake.

Medium

Column data type is not supported in Snowflake.

Medium

Datetime interval not supported by Snowflake.

Medium

[DEPRECATED]

Warning Precision in Convert Date and Time Zone.

Low

Time zone not supported in Snowflake.

Critical

XP_LOGININFO mapped to custom UDF.

Low

FORMATMESSAGE function was converted to UDF.

Low

Routine option not supported in Snowflake.

Low

Invalid parameters in OPENXML table-valued function.

Critical

Timestamp format was not found.

Low

CURRENT_DATABASE function has different behavior in certain cases.

Low

CURRENT_TIMESTAMP in the At Time Zone statement may have a different behavior in certain cases.

Low

CURRENT_USER function does not support a user ID as a parameter.

Medium

The RETURN statement will be ignored due to the previous RETURN statement

Low

Error message could be different in Snowflake

Low

Issues Severity

In this section, you can find an explanation of the severities.

Low

Warnings for source code that there was no direct conversion to Snowflake. The code has been converted to a functionally equivalent output but should still be reviewed.

Medium

Errors that produce a functional or runtime difference. The user may have to invest a low amount of manual effort to complete the conversion.

High

Errors that produce a functional or runtime difference. The user may have to invest a high amount of manual effort to complete the conversion.

Critical

Parsing errors or errors that cause significant conversion exceptions in SnowConvert. If the source code is correct, a significant intervention will be required.

Need more support?

As has been mentioned previously in this article, please reach out to us if you need more support. Snowflake wants to be your partner in the conversion process, so let us know how we can help. You can email us at snowconvert-support@snowflake.com. If you have a contract for support with Snowflake, reach out to your sales engineer and they can direct your support needs.

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