RETURN (Snowflake Scripting)¶

Syntax¶

RETURN <expression>;

Where:

expression

An expression that evaluates to the value to return.

Usage Notes¶

• A RETURN statement can be executed in:

  • A stored procedure.

  • An anonymous block.

• A RETURN statement returns one of the following types:

  • A SQL data type.

  • A table. Use TABLE(...) in the RETURN statement.

    If your block is in a stored procedure, you must also specify the RETURNS TABLE... clause in the CREATE PROCEDURE statement.

    Note

    Currently, in the RETURNS TABLE(...) clause in CREATE PROCEDURE, you cannot specify GEOGRAPHY as a column type.

    CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE test_return_geography_table_1()
    RETURNS TABLE(g GEOGRAPHY)
    ...
    

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    If you do so, calling the stored procedure results in the error:

    CALL test_return_geography_table_1();
    

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    Stored procedure execution error: data type of returned table does not match expected returned table type
    

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    To work around this, you can omit the column arguments and types in RETURNS TABLE().

    CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE test_return_geography_table_1()
    RETURNS TABLE()
    ...
    

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    If you want to return the data that a RESULTSET points to, pass the RESULTSET to TABLE(…), as shown in the example below:

    create procedure ...
    returns table(...)
    ...
        return table(my_result_set);
    ...
    

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    See Returning a RESULTSET as a Table.