G-9101

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Warning

Always follow naming conventions for global variables.

Rule Details

Severity Level: Minor
Quality Area: Maintainability
Fixing times: 1 mins
Local-easy
Database Support: OracleDB (v7.3.4 +)

Reason

PL/SQL identifiers share the same namespace as SQL identifiers. Follow naming conventions to prevent naming conflicts, improve readability, and clearly indicate the scope without forcing the use of qualified names. A common practice is to use a prefix and/or suffix to distinguish the identifier types.

Example

Non-Compliant Example

create or replace package body example as
   some_name integer;
end example;
/

Issues

Line	Column	Message
2	4	Global variable some_name does not match '^g_[a-z0-9$#_]+$'.

Compliant Solution - ★★★★★

create or replace package body example as
   g_some_name integer;
end example;
/

Parameters

Use parameters to customize the rule to your needs.

Parameter	Description	Default Value
GlobalVariablePattern	Case-insensitive regular expression pattern for PL/SQL global variables of any type.	^g_[a-z0-9$#_]+$

References

similar to plsql:NamingVariablesCheck
The scope of plsql:NamingVariablesCheck is all variables, not just global variables.
same as Trivadis Naming Conventions for PL/SQL - Global Variable