Complex Pattern Issues

This page contains the Issues related to the complex patterns detected inside the code with their respective description and recommended actions.

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The complex pattern issues related to Stored Procedures are generated only when the Target Language for Stored Procedures/Macros is set to Snowflake Scripting.

CodeDescriptionSeverity

The following subquery matches at least one of the patterns considered invalid and may produce compilation errors

Medium

The following table was GLOBAL TEMPORARY on the source code, which is not supported on the target language.

Low

The statement below has usages of cursor for loop

Low

The statement below has usages of dynamic SQL

High

The statement below has usages of cursor fetch bulk operations

Low

Fetch inside a loop is considered a complex pattern, this could degrade Snowflake performance

Low

Case insensitive columns can decrease performance of queries

Low

Nested function/procedure declarations are considered a complex pattern and not supported in snowflake.

Low

The following transaction may contain nested transactions and this is considered a complex pattern not supported in Snowflake.

Low

The statement below has usages of nested cursors.

Low

Nested cursor inside query is not supported in Snowflake.

Medium

Issues Severity

In this section, you could 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.

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