For better readability, column aliases should be used with the ``++AS++`` keyword. If it is missing, it could be misread as another column being selected. == Noncompliant Code Example ---- DECLARE result DUAL.dummy%TYPE; BEGIN SELECT dummy d -- Non-Compliant - could be misread as selecting both "dummy" and a column "d" INTO result FROM DUAL; END; / ---- == Compliant Solution ---- DECLARE result DUAL.dummy%TYPE; BEGIN SELECT dummy AS d -- Compliant INTO result FROM DUAL; END; / ----