A GOTO statement is an unstructured change in the control flow. They should be avoided and replaced by structured constructs.
Noncompliant code example
SET SERVEROUTPUT ON
DECLARE
i PLS_INTEGER := 42;
BEGIN
IF i < 0 THEN
GOTO negative; -- Noncompliant
END IF;
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('positive');
goto cleanup; -- Noncompliant
<<negative>>
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('negative!');
<<cleanup>>
NULL;
END;
/
Compliant solution
SET SERVEROUTPUT ON
DECLARE
i PLS_INTEGER := 42;
BEGIN
IF i < 0 THEN
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('negative!'); -- Compliant
ELSE
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('positive');
END IF;
END;
/
