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Use WHILE loop in SQL Server

How to use WHILE loop in SQL Server?

Similar to IF condition, WHILE loop also works in the same ways as it works in other programming language.

DECLARE @count int = 10
WHILE (@count < 15)
BEGIN
       IF (@count = 13)
              BEGIN
                     BREAK;
              END
       ELSE
              BEGIN
                     SELECT @count AS thisCounter
                     SET @count = @count + 1
                     CONTINUE;
              END
END

In the above code snippet, the WHILE loop is marked to run 5 times however when the value of @count is reaching 13, we are breaking the loop using BREAK statement otherwise CONTINUE statement iterates to the next iteration of the loop.