For Loop

**iburyak** · Apr 11 '07, 12:37 PM

There is no For Loop in SQL only While loop.

See example from help on how to use it.

A. Use BREAK and CONTINUE with nested IF...ELSE and WHILE
In this example, if the average price is less than $30, the WHILE loop doubles the prices and then selects the maximum price. If the maximum price is less than or equal to $50, the WHILE loop restarts and doubles the prices again. This loop continues doubling the prices until the maximum price is greater than $50, and then exits the WHILE loop and prints a message.

Code:

USE pubs
GO
WHILE (SELECT AVG(price) FROM titles) < $30
BEGIN
   UPDATE titles
      SET price = price * 2
   SELECT MAX(price) FROM titles
   IF (SELECT MAX(price) FROM titles) > $50
      BREAK
   ELSE
      CONTINUE
END
PRINT 'Too much for the market to bear'

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