G-9103

🆓

Warning

Always follow naming conventions for cursor 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

declare
   l_dept sys_refcursor;
begin
   null;
end;
/

Issues

Line	Column	Message
2	4	Cursor variable l_dept does not match '^c_[a-z0-9$#_]+$'.

Compliant Solution - ★★★★★

declare
   c_dept sys_refcursor;
begin
   null;
end;
/

Parameters

Use parameters to customize the rule to your needs.

Parameter	Description	Default Value
CursorPattern	Case-insensitive regular expression pattern for PL/SQL local variables of type cursor.	^c_[a-z0-9$#_]+$

References

same as plsql:NamingCursorsCheck
same as Trivadis Naming Conventions for PL/SQL - Cursor